Hi, so I just updated to iOS 27.2 and I noticed that whenever I use dictation it starts automatically inserting punctuations, even though I am quite sure I had auto-punctuation turned off back in iOS 26.x and possibly even earlier.
Is there a way to disable auto-punctuation in iOS 27.2? I went into the keyboard settings but there is no toggle for it at all. I am on iPhone 15 Pro Max BTW.
By Nut, 28 October, 2026
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I’m having the same thing.
I’ve noticed that it does it, especially when you are trying to dictate something and then there’s a word you actually have to spell. When you stop dictating, it puts a period right after the last word you said or a? Or any other punctuation that it seems to think that you need. I’m on an iPhone 12 and it still does that with me. I had it turned off in iOS 26 as well.
I also feel like we lost the total control over this feature
I also noticed that the automatic punctuation feature suddenly activated when I switched to IOS27. I went to the settings and turned it off, even though I vividly remember turning this thing off a couple years ago.
Doing this probably helped a little, but it still inserts some question marks and other punctuation marks here and there....
I'm not happy about it either....
So thankful it isn't just me experiencing this
I will be following this thread.I've made sure in every way I know how to make sure that auto correct, auto punctuation and all that stuff is turned off, but when I am dictating, I get a lot of unwanted punctuation. If I were more suspiciously minded, I'd say that Apple is nerfing regular dictation so that people might get fed up enough to buy newer phones. I love my iPhone 16, though, and even with iOS 27 being as annoying as it has become, I have no desire to acquire a newer phone yet.
Re: I’m having the same thing.
So it seems that this is not related to Apple Intelligence, since I recall only iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max and newer supports it.
At first I thought that the upgraded Apple Intelligence is to blame, but since you're experiencing this problem on your iPhone 12 that means that Apple Intelligence is not the cause behind all of this...
Major stuff going on with dictation on every device right now I
I think your suspicions are valid messy up. I’m using an iPhone SE 2022 and an iPhone 15 not in the order of primary by the way 15 is primary SEC secondary. They’re both having some major dictation issues. It’s literally just stopping automatically and inserting stuff wherever it feels like it. I am not buying a new phone, no matter what Apple tries to do it to me, Missy, Hopp, and everybody else. This is beyond ridiculous at this point. I’m literally going to have to reset all settings after I back up my phone completely and see if that resolves anything because all the other troubleshooting stuff I’ve done I’ve done nothing and by the way, this is not related. This is completely dictation. does it not anything to do with voiceover so guess what that means Apple is more like me to do something about it
Re: Major stuff going on with dictation on every device
hehehe, anyone up to joining the darck side now? our arms are open for anyone and everyone.
No, thank you but very good question
No, thank you. Very good question. I’m sure some people are but I’m not. This will get resolved. It’s just that there’s been a lot more issues for me this year. I already know how the system works for iOS so no, I don’t really wanna switch. But thanks for the invitation. I don’t like to have to guess which device I can get and I just know that when I pick up an iPhone, I can most part use the interface so thank you. That’s my reasons. :-)