Comment by tzs

I don't use Siri much, but I have noticed sometime over the last few months a problem in something that Siri uses. That's the voice dictation. I use it all the time on iPad to enter search terms.

So for instance if I wanted information on public transit options in London I'd tap the search bar in Safari, tap the mic icon, and say "Public transit options in London" and that used to work pretty much all the time. It would even work if I had a loud TV on or loud music on, and it was great about realizing when I'd stopped speaking and automatically starting the search.

Lately it has tended to cut off early, so I only get "Public transit options" entered. I can get it to work if I try again and say each word very loud and with a distinct short gap between the words.

My understanding is that modern dictation systems make heavy use of deep learning so I'd expect it shares from underlying technology with Siri. I wonder if there is a problem with that underlying technology?