Apple is working to address a problem raised by users on social media, in which saying the word “racist” while using the iPhone’s voice-to-text tool briefly shows “Trump.”

Users online shared footage of themselves using the voice-to-text feature to write out words. Several staff members at the Washington Examiner were also able to replicate the problem using the tool on their own iPhones.

Whoever at Apple is responsible for this should lose their job. The voice-to-text feature is displaying "Trump" whenever I say "racist." pic.twitter.com/dDTsrHIKKg

— Malachi Maxey (@malachimaxeyusa) February 25, 2025

“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers Dictation, and we are rolling out a fix as soon as possible,” an Apple spokesperson told Fox News.

The technology giant also stated that the speech recognition models used by its voice-to-text tool could briefly show other words besides the one intended by the speaker. Apple specifically cited words with an “r” consonant when describing this problem.

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The company’s announcement comes shortly after CEO Tim Cook met with President Donald Trump earlier this month. The president issued a congratulatory statement to Apple and Cook on Truth Social.