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Predictive Text Suggestion Not Learning

I am using an iPad Pro (iPadOS 16.6.1), Chrome browser. Sometime before the last OS update the predictive text suggestion and dictionary learning stopped working. It used to be the case that if I used a phrase often enough, it would be suggested within a few key strokes. Now it doesn't do that and what's more, it doesn't seem to learn any new phrases or words. I am using this for a medical application and I used to be able to type out drug names and medical terminology a few times and they would be registered by the dictionary, now that no longer happens. Most of the time the text replacement shortcuts I have created to work around this don't work either.

iPad Air 2, iOS 11

Posted on Sep 8, 2023 1:48 PM

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Posted on Sep 11, 2023 1:57 PM

Thanks. Unfortunately, the Predictive setting is on and predictions are being generated but it is not learning. It does not generate predictions that are useful. In the past, the Predictive function was quite good.

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Sep 9, 2023 3:28 PM in response to 450Derm

Hello 450Derm,


Welcome to Apple Support Communities!

We'd like to help you with the predictive text suggestions not working on your iPad.


The resource below is about enabling and turning off predictive text as well as how to use predictive text on your iPad. Follow the steps in the resource below just to ensure that everything that is supposed to be enabled is enabled and didn't possibly revert back to a default setting.

Use predictive text on iPad


If the resource doesn't help let us know what you are seeing? Does it make suggestions at all or intermittently?


Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

Take care!


Predictive Text Suggestion Not Learning

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