Apple Says It’s Fixing iPhone Dictation Bug That Interprets ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’

A spokesperson said that the glitch sometimes occurs with some words that include an ‘r’ consonant.
Apple Says It’s Fixing iPhone Dictation Bug That Interprets ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’
A man holds an iPhone in a store in Nantes, France, on Sept. 13, 2023. Stephane Mahe/Reuters
Katabella Roberts
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Tech giant Apple said on Feb. 25 that it is working to fix a bug in the iPhone’s speech-to-text feature, which momentarily displays “Trump” when users say the word “racist” before the transcription software corrects itself.

The bug happens when iPhone users say the word “racist” out loud while holding down the microphone key.

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