Summary:
Recently, an issue with the iPhone’s dictation feature has gained attention on social media, particularly TikTok, where users reported that when dictating the word “racist,” the iPhone momentarily transcribed it as “Trump.” Apple attributed this glitch to “phonetic overlap” between the two words and confirmed that they are working on a fix for the transcription error.
Executive Summary:
Apple is addressing a glitch in the iPhone dictation feature that mistranscribes the word “racist” as “Trump” due to phonetic overlap. The issue has gone viral on social media, and Apple is actively working to resolve it.
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User Message: iPhone dictation transcribes 'racist' with 'Trump', Apple promises a fix - 9to5Mac
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