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Dictating into Google Docs in Safari inserts only the first character of each transcript chunk.
issue.mp4
For the chunk "Hello world":
Safari
Chrome
Firefox
Google Docs
"H" only
full text
full text
Google Slides
"H" only
full text
full text
Google Sheets
full text
full text
full text
FluidVoice sends the whole transcript as a single keystroke. I dictated the same phrase into each browser and logged the key events it produced:
engine
keypress
Google Docs
WebKit
one, carrying only the first character
"H" only
Chromium
none
full text
Gecko
one per character
full text
Every engine hands the full string to an ordinary editable, which is why Sheets is unaffected and why the bug does not reproduce in a normal text box. WebKit is the only engine with a lossy keypress, and Docs and Slides are the only editors that truncate, which points to them building their text from keypress.
Reproduction steps
Open a Google Doc in Safari and click into the body.
Start dictation with the global hotkey and say "Hello world"
Describe the bug
Dictating into Google Docs in Safari inserts only the first character of each transcript chunk.
issue.mp4
For the chunk "Hello world":
FluidVoice sends the whole transcript as a single keystroke. I dictated the same phrase into each browser and logged the key events it produced:
keypressEvery engine hands the full string to an ordinary editable, which is why Sheets is unaffected and why the bug does not reproduce in a normal text box. WebKit is the only engine with a lossy
keypress, and Docs and Slides are the only editors that truncate, which points to them building their text fromkeypress.Reproduction steps
Expected behavior
"Hello world" is inserted.
Actual behavior
Only "H" is inserted.
App Version
1.6.9 (build 20)
macOS Version
26.6.2
Architecture
Apple Silicon