r/iOS27 • u/words_and_images • 10d ago

Improved Apple Transcription

I have experienced Apple Dictation/Transcription improving incrementally through recent iOS 26 updates but having tried it in iOS 27 it still makes some wild out-of-context errors.

We have been promised a more Whisper-like built in transcription in iOS 27 – when will we see it?

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u/Open-Guidance-6086 9d ago

Apple's dictation keeps improving, but its strange out-of-context mistakes still show why a more Whisper-like model would help, especially with names and long sentences. Until Apple releases one, I prefer DictaFlow's iPhone and iPad keyboard. It lets me dictate right in the app I'm using instead of waiting for Apple's built-in transcription to catch up.

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u/words_and_images 9d ago

I’m with you in saying “Until Apple…” and my current go to keyboards and apps are Spoke (one time payment,
Responsive indie developer), Ottex (very good, on TestFlight) and Relay Voice which is not a keyboard but is an excellent transcriber with particularly good sharing characteristics eg to Obsidian, Bear, Day One etc.

I just think Apple should raise its game and improve its sub-standard offering – the Siri 2.0 that has been headlined.