[juliusmarminge]

Problem

With Korean, German, or Brazilian Portuguese first in Settings → General → Language & Region, T3 could still transcribe composer dictation as English. It was choosing the app’s language instead of the iPhone’s preferred language.

Change

On-device iPhone dictation tries the phone’s preferred languages in order, then the app language. Only an unsupported language advances to the next one. Cancelling or failing to download the first model ends the attempt; neither silently switches languages or sends audio elsewhere.

Scope and approval

This is the iPhone fix for #12743, triaged and labeled accepted and bug. It changes only on-device language selection, its tests, and the composer guide. Credit to @nichtlegacy for #13312 and @t3dotgg, who carried the fix in #25808.

Verification

Ran vp test run apps/mobile/src/native/voiceTranscription.ios.test.ts on e2c1aba: 7/7 passed. Korean was tried before English; an unsupported first choice advanced to the next preferred language; the app language was tried last. Cancellation and a failed model download did not switch languages. These tests mock Apple’s native recognizer.

This rebuilt head hasn’t been tested on a physical iPhone. Contributors verified German and Brazilian Portuguese on the source branches. To check this head, leave dictation on This device, put either language first and English second, and dictate a sentence with the composer microphone.

GPT 6 Astra · Codex in T3 Code

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Walkthrough

The iOS transcriber now tries the user’s preferred languages in order, followed by the app locale. Preparation continues only when a locale is unsupported. Tests and documentation cover the updated behavior.

Changes: iOS Dictation Locale Selection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Collect and pass preferred locales apps/mobile/src/native/voiceTranscription.ios.ts	The transcriber reads Apple’s preferred languages, appends the app locale, removes duplicates, and passes the ordered list to preparation. Availability checks use the first locale.
Try locales in order apps/mobile/src/native/voiceTranscription.ios.ts, apps/mobile/src/native/voiceTranscription.ios.test.ts, docs/user/composer.md	Preparation tries each locale and continues only after an unsupported-locale error. Tests cover locale ordering, fallback, and stopping on cancellation or other errors. The documentation describes iPhone language selection.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#25808: Both changes try iPhone dictation languages in order and fall back when a locale is unsupported.
• pingdotgg/t3code#30171: Both changes use iPhone preferred languages to address app-locale mismatch in dictation.
• pingdotgg/t3code#22380: Both changes update iPhone dictation language selection.

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Suggested reviewers: pixpmusic

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to e2c1a

Preferred-language fallback remains reachable, and no merge-blocking issue is established. Normal checks can proceed.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly describes the main change to iPhone dictation.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description check		The description covers the problem, change, scope, approval, and verification. It identifies the untested physical-device check and names the model and harness.

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Additional comments: 1

docs/user/composer.md: 1

209-213: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

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Restore the Android sentence break.

The new iPhone text now sits before the Android sentence. The Android sentence follows directly after the iPhone fallback sentence. It reads as a separate platform without a label. This is acceptable, but a short subject such as "On iPhone" at the start would match "On Android" at Line 206.

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Review info

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• Source mode: Auto
• Repository: pingdotgg/t3code
• Branch: voice/ios-dictation-languages
• File: .coderabbit.config.ts
• Commit: e2c1aba
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Commits

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Files selected for processing: 3

• apps/mobile/src/native/voiceTranscription.ios.test.ts
• apps/mobile/src/native/voiceTranscription.ios.ts
• docs/user/composer.md

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[juliusmarminge]

Updated the description with the accepted bug and the results from this PR head (7/7 iOS adapter tests). I left the guide wording as-is: “iPhone dictates” and “Android transcribes” already introduce separate, platform-specific sentences.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — iPhone dictation now automatically uses the first supported system-preferred language before falling back to the app locale. This changes the existing language-selection default and requires confirmation of the intended user experience.

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