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OtinG · 03-29-2020, 02:28 PM

Unfortunately, using Siri for dictation is a waste of time. It screws up more often than not, and I wind up spending more time correcting things than I do if I just typed them. Dragon Naturally Speaking worked better than Siri 20+ years ago on Windows.

Much of my difficulty in selecting text might be because iPadOS 13 quite literally turned my iPad Pro 9.7 touchscreen into a POS! It is way worse than it was before iPadOS 13 was installed. Even using the Apple Pencil v1 Doesn’t help, not that it can even stay charged anymore. I get all kinds of weird behavior when trying to drag one side or the other to increase or decrease the text selected, especially if I try to drag I to another line of text. It often just freezes and I have to close the keyboard and reopen it. The keyboard is nearly useless in iPadOS 13 though, as it appears when it shouldn’t, fails to let me get to fields I need to populate on forms, etc. Apple really screwed my iPad Pro 9.7 up big time with iPadOS 13. iOS h13 works fine on my iPhone XR, but not on my iPad Pro.

Personally, if I wanted a small laptop I would go with a MacBook Air rather than a pricey top of the line iPad Pro with expensive add-on keyboard and trackpad. At least then I would have apps that can actually work for documentation, spreadsheets, etc. Trying to use office apps or image processing apps on an iPad is useless because those apps just simply suck. They are streamlined garbage designed for use on tablets. I can accomplish ten times more on my MacBook Pro when using those kinds of apps than I can on a tablet. Tablets or great for casual use when I want to sit in my recliner and surf the internet or do tablet related tasks that don’t require full blown apps. Tablet suck ad laptop replacements though, and the best iPad is no exception, at least in my situation. Everyone is unique of course, but for me trying to make an iPad function as a laptop is futile and I would wind up spending more than if I just bought a decent laptop, and I would get less done as well. I’m glad ipads work for some people as laptop replacements, but they simply fail in that role for my usage.

03-29-2020, 02:28 PM	#4
OtinG Old Gadget Guy Posts: 1,913 Karma: 6854865 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Oasis 3, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPad mini 6, iPad Air 2020, Alexa Devices	Unfortunately, using Siri for dictation is a waste of time. It screws up more often than not, and I wind up spending more time correcting things than I do if I just typed them. Dragon Naturally Speaking worked better than Siri 20+ years ago on Windows. Much of my difficulty in selecting text might be because iPadOS 13 quite literally turned my iPad Pro 9.7 touchscreen into a POS! It is way worse than it was before iPadOS 13 was installed. Even using the Apple Pencil v1 Doesn’t help, not that it can even stay charged anymore. I get all kinds of weird behavior when trying to drag one side or the other to increase or decrease the text selected, especially if I try to drag I to another line of text. It often just freezes and I have to close the keyboard and reopen it. The keyboard is nearly useless in iPadOS 13 though, as it appears when it shouldn’t, fails to let me get to fields I need to populate on forms, etc. Apple really screwed my iPad Pro 9.7 up big time with iPadOS 13. iOS h13 works fine on my iPhone XR, but not on my iPad Pro. Personally, if I wanted a small laptop I would go with a MacBook Air rather than a pricey top of the line iPad Pro with expensive add-on keyboard and trackpad. At least then I would have apps that can actually work for documentation, spreadsheets, etc. Trying to use office apps or image processing apps on an iPad is useless because those apps just simply suck. They are streamlined garbage designed for use on tablets. I can accomplish ten times more on my MacBook Pro when using those kinds of apps than I can on a tablet. Tablets or great for casual use when I want to sit in my recliner and surf the internet or do tablet related tasks that don’t require full blown apps. Tablet suck ad laptop replacements though, and the best iPad is no exception, at least in my situation. Everyone is unique of course, but for me trying to make an iPad function as a laptop is futile and I would wind up spending more than if I just bought a decent laptop, and I would get less done as well. I’m glad ipads work for some people as laptop replacements, but they simply fail in that role for my usage.