Post

Replies

Boosts

Views

Activity

No access to dictation from third-party keyboards on iPhone Duo
On a physical iPhone Duo running iOS 27.1 and later, the system dictation button is placed inside the system keyboard, next to the space bar. Because the button belongs to the system keyboard layout, it isn't available while a third-party keyboard is active. On other iPhone models, the dictation button appears separately from the keyboard, so it stays available with third-party keyboards. On iPhone Duo, our users have no way to start dictation without switching back to the system keyboard. The iPhone Duo Simulator shows the button at the far right, which doesn't match the physical device, so this can't be evaluated accurately in the Simulator. As far as I can tell, there is no public API that lets a keyboard extension start system dictation, so we can't work around this from the extension. My questions: Is this placement intended on iPhone Duo? Is there a supported way for a keyboard extension to offer dictation on this device? If not, are there plans for a separate system dictation button, as on other iPhone models, or a public API for keyboard extensions? I've filed this as FB[number]. If you develop a keyboard extension and see the same issue, please file your own report and reference this number.
1
0
64
2d
No access to dictation from third-party keyboards on iPhone Duo
On a physical iPhone Duo running iOS 27.1 and later, the system dictation button is placed inside the system keyboard, next to the space bar. Because the button belongs to the system keyboard layout, it isn't available while a third-party keyboard is active. On other iPhone models, the dictation button appears separately from the keyboard, so it stays available with third-party keyboards. On iPhone Duo, our users have no way to start dictation without switching back to the system keyboard. The iPhone Duo Simulator shows the button at the far right, which doesn't match the physical device, so this can't be evaluated accurately in the Simulator. As far as I can tell, there is no public API that lets a keyboard extension start system dictation, so we can't work around this from the extension. My questions: Is this placement intended on iPhone Duo? Is there a supported way for a keyboard extension to offer dictation on this device? If not, are there plans for a separate system dictation button, as on other iPhone models, or a public API for keyboard extensions? I've filed this as FB[number]. If you develop a keyboard extension and see the same issue, please file your own report and reference this number.
Replies
1
Boosts
0
Views
64
Activity
2d