Wrong language or unexpected words
Fix language detection, names, terminology, and formatting that does not match what you said, including text in a silent recording.
Check recording languages
On Mac, open Settings → Dictation → Recording languages. On iPhone or iPad, open Settings → Preferences → Languages.
- Select the languages you actually speak during dictation.
- Leave the selection empty to use auto-detect.
- If auto-detect chooses the wrong language, select the intended language explicitly and try again.
- When using a local model on Mac, make your primary spoken language the selected language.
Test with a clear, complete sentence. Very short recordings, background speech, and abrupt language changes give detection less information.
Recording languages control the language you speak, not whether English uses Australian, British, or American spelling. For that preference, see Use Australian or British English spelling.
Fix names and specialized terms
Add names, product terms, abbreviations, and other unusual words to your dictionary. Enter the spelling you want Monologue to produce, then try a new dictation.
If the raw words are close but the style is wrong, review the active mode or dictation instruction. Test once with no mode selected to separate a transcription problem from an instruction or formatting problem.
Random text in a silent recording
If a Voice Note has no speech, such as a few seconds of silence, its transcript can show a phrase you did not say, like “thank you”, sometimes in another language. This is a known quirk of speech models: they try to fill silence with common phrases.
Dictation uses silence detection to prevent this. Voice Notes do not have silence detection yet.
Nothing is wrong with the recording, and you can safely delete the note.
Report a result that is still wrong
Submit 👎 on the exact affected dictation. Include the intended language and what you expected in the feedback. Do not replace the example with a newly typed transcript; the affected dictation is the useful evidence.
Avoid including passwords, authentication codes, API keys, or other secrets in the report.