We must shout, but perhaps the accessibility folks are not responsible for that.Īpple is not doing any terrific jiob other than letting their products buggy. Sorry, going to get off my high hourse now.Īctually sighted people are likely having he very same problem because turning cvoiceover off and trying to dictate will lead to the same problem. I'm not tekky enough to know the nuts and bolts of how apps are developed, but if it worked once upon a time, why won't it now? Updates should all work perfectly from the outset and if we don't shout loud enough, we're not heard. And quite frankly, although Apple does a terrific job at making their producs accessible, I don't feel that bugs ar rectified quick enough. And it's always an uphill struggle to get things to work for disabled users. Regular fully sighted/able bodied iOS users don't face the same issues we do. It's all speculation on who's fault it is, but my question is, why are there issues regardless of VO compatability?
#Iphone dictation not working ios 11 update
I'm personally frustrated and sometimes reluctant to update apps or do iOS updates as this may risk having bugs and faults to features we rely on. I agree with your comment.But as a collective, dictation is a key feature we visually impaired folks use and maybe depend on. Here's my post on the apple support forum that may be useful: My suspicion (if this works for you) is that there may be a minor bug in the iOS update or initial-boot scenario. "Sadly", since iOS is very stable the need to reboot is rare and may be often forgotten - but it's always worth a try. So, if you haven't rebooted since your upgrade, you might give that a try.
Once it was back up I found that dictation worked fine across all applications! I've only had it running now for about 12 hours since the reboot (including a good night's sleep) so I don't know if any new problems will crop up - but so far so good. So, doing what all good IT professionals do, I rebooted the iPhone. What I realized at the end of the day was that the problem was more than just iMessage. I'm offering my solution in case it might work for your situation. After a short time I realized that the problem was across all applications, not just iMessage where I originally discovered it. I love the dictation feature, but soon after upgrading to iOS 8.2 on March 14, I found that dictation suddenly broke.