Find out how to fix faulty dictation on Apple Watch

Dictation on Apple Watch is faulty so users cannot enter text by voice as they need. This is the situation that many Apple fans encounter when using Apple's smart watch.

Not only smartphones, smart watches today also integrate many modern and convenient features for users. Among them, voice text input is a very popular feature on Apple Watch. However, this text entry does not always go smoothly. Quite a few people have encountered problems with dictation on a faulty Apple Watch. TipsMake will fix these problems immediately.

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Instructions on how to resolve dictation issues on Apple Watch errors

Replying to messages by voice on Apple Watch is a feature favored by users. This will save a lot of time instead of having to type each letter one by one. However, spelling errors are also quite common. At this time, Apple Watch will translate into English even if you speak in Vietnamese and display the message: 'Apple cannot read dictation'. To overcome this situation, below are the measures you should apply.

Turn on Dictation on Apple Watch

Dictation errors on Apple Watch are most likely due to the user not having enabled dictation on Apple Watch. Therefore, you should check and enable the feature to experience it.

1. Step 1: Go to Settings on Apple Watch > Select General Settings.
2. Step 2: Click on Dictation > Turn on Dictation and confirm again.

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Continue on iPhone connected to Apple Watch: Go to Settings > Click General Settings > Select Keyboard > Activate 'Enable Dictation'.

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After that, you just need to return to the input screen on Apple Watch > Tap the microphone icon then speak to enter text and check if the error still occurs or not.

Surely the language of iPhone and Apple Watch is the same

If you don't want the dictation feature to fail when using Apple Watch. "Apple" brothers need to make sure that the language on their iPhone and Apple Watch is the same. iFan just needs to do the following:

1. Step 1: On your iPhone, open the Watch app > Click General.
2. Step 2: Click on Language & Region.
3. Step 3: Tick to select Mirror my iPhone.
4. Step 4: About 1 minute later, restart both your iPhone and Apple Watch.

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Besides, users should turn on Siri > Switch the keyboard on both Apple Watch and iPhone to Vietnamese.

Some other measures to fix dictation errors on Apple Watch

1. In case the dictation feature does not work or is corrupted. iFan, please apply the following measures to handle it.
2. Make sure the Apple Watch you are using is running the latest version of watchOS.
3. Restarting Apple Watch is a simple but very useful trick, please try this method.
4. On your iPhone, iFan needs to check whether Siri as well as the Dictation feature are restricted or not. If so, you need to remove the restriction for these features to work properly.
5. Make sure Apple Watch is connected to the internet. At the same time, you should check if the wifi connection is stable.
6. Unpair and re-pair Apple Watch.
7. We cannot rule out the high possibility that the Apple Watch has damaged hardware such as the microphone. Therefore, if all of the above measures cannot fix the problem, you should bring the device in for warranty service to have it checked by a technician.

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Note:

In addition to the above incident, many people also have 'headaches' because they cannot turn off VoiceOver on Apple Watch. It's possible that you didn't do it correctly. To turn off this feature, users should double-tap the VoiceOver button. Or open Siri and say: 'Turn VoiceOver off'!

Samuel Daniel

Update 11 January 2024