Voice to text repeating the word “church” over and over instead of what I’m saying

Hi there!

For the last month (give or take), my voice to text feature has been glitching. I will click the microphone and it lights up as usual. I start to speak and it will only type the word “church” over and over again even when I stop speaking. It’s a little freaky for sure and a bummer since I use this feature often.

Thanks in advance!

iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 16, 2025 2:09 PM

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Dec 16, 2025 4:08 PM in response to sberman

I might be saying something like, “I’m going to the grocery store and then I’m going to get gas before heading home” and it will write “church church church church church church church church church church church church church church church church church church church”.

I am definitely speaking clearly and enunciating properly. I have not gone through any region or language changes. I just updated my iOS to 26.2 and it is still persisting.

Voice to text repeating the word “church” over and over instead of what I’m saying

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