If you use voice dictation to type on your iPhone, you might have noticed that Siri/dictation uses the 'common' spelling of proper nouns. If you use a less common spelling often, you might also be irritated by the constant misspelling. This post (and the included video) show you how to setup a contact to 'teach' Siri/dictation how you want to spell that proper noun. In my examples, I make a new contact, but you could also adjust the existing contact to add the 'Phonetic' field if your proper noun is a person already in your contacts. Here is a breakdown of the steps in the video:. Add a contact in your iPhone Contacts app with the first name of the word how you want it spelled.
If it's a word that should always be capitalized, make sure it is capitalized here. If it shouldn't, make sure the name is written in lowercase. After typing in the first name, scroll to the bottom & tap 'add field' then tap 'Phonetic First Name'. Scroll back up and you'll have a new field under the name of phonetic first name. Tap that phonetic first name field and dictate in the word. This will tell the voice capture how the name 'sounds' then tap done to save it. (It could be typed, but dictation ensures you get the spelling matched precisely.).
Update November 2017 for iOS 11: After setting the phonetic first name, make sure Siri is enabled, and then go to Settings General Keyboard. Turn off Dictation, and then turn it back on again (presumably this is needed to force the new name customization to be picked up).
thanks David!. Double-tap the home button to bring up the app switching screen. Swipe up over the Contacts app to force close it. Also, swipe up over whatever app you want to use voice dictation with immediately, to close that too.
This forces the apps to reload the settings for dictation ASAP so your fix is ready for use. December 12, 2017 I can’t for the life of me get dictation to spell MY name correctly. While dictating, it spells it “SEAN” but as soon as I hit enter, it changes it to “SHAUN” or “SAHAWN”, depending on the day.
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I have tried everything to correct this. I’m obviously in the contact book and have added the phonetic pronunciation of my name. I have pronounced my name differently while dictating – “shorn”, “Shawn”, “Shown”, etc.
This is really driving me crazy! It’s MY phone! Spell MY name correctly! Has anyone else run into this?
December 12, 2017 Can you delete the contact afterwards and still have Siri pronounce the word correctly? Or do you have to fill your contacts with random words permanently? Also, in settings GeneralAccessibilitySpeechPronunciation you are supposed to be able to teach Siri how to say/pronounce names/words but when dictating the word it does not work properly. The iOS 11 operating system (on my iPhone 7 anyway) is terrible and I should have never updated from iOS 10, at least until the bugs have been worked out.
Thanks though for the video/info on how to get Siri to correctly pronounce nouns utilizing the contact’s app but should be able to do it correctly and not have to do it this way. July 7, 2017 Hi Kelly. Yes, it is weird. And, it doesn't always put it in parenthesis. Sometimes it does, and other times it doesn't. I can chat with the same person (who also has iPhone) and sometimes it does it and other times it doesn't.
I also checked settings-general-keyboard-text replacement and only one was the default 'omw' (on my way). I do have, however, all the settings turned on like auto-caps, auto-correct, check spelling, predictive, etc. As for typing it in, it always works correctly. Only when using voice recognition does it sometimes put the ( ) around Khaleesi.
I'm having the exact same challenge. My son is Jareth, and I get Jared consistently.
Also Carren and Care En and Jar ET and all sorts of whacko things that aren't anywhere near his name. I've typed in a nickname for him and also phoenetic spelling. Nothing works. My husband says: 'That's what we get for naming him something that is just 1 character in a movie 1 time years ago.' (Honestly, we had never heard of the movie until after our son was born, though.) Other things I've gotten: Jerris Gerace Jerres By the way, I just typed 'Jared' in the Phoenetic name field; and these are the three choices it gave me for spelling.
П˜Ÿ Message was edited by: Jareths Mommy. I realize this is an old thread, but I don't see a valid solution in the replies, so I'll provide my workaround here. In my case, I wanted to dictate a word that wasn't in Siri's vocabulary (Capoeira - the martial arts/dance activity). I kept getting weird word combinations whenever I dictated this word. So I created a contact with the name 'Capoeira' (and no other information), opened Contacts and went to the contact, long-pressed the home button to activate Siri, and told Siri 'Learn how to pronounce'. Siri asked me how I pronounce 'Capoeira'. I then spoke the word, selected the option I preferred from the pronunciation options I was presented, and from that moment on, I can dictate 'Capoeira' and it spells it exactly as I spelled it in the contact.
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