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laurelawood
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Speak to Text (how delete)

How do I delete "speak to text" it is a box on my screen that I cannot close?


Posted on Sep 28, 2026 11:51 PM

1 reply

LotusPilot
User level: Level 10 (334,506 points)

Sep 29, 2026 2:45 AM in response to laurelawood

Perhaps you refer to either the Live Speech or Dictation features. Both of these features can be disabled from iPad settings:

Settings > Accessibility > [Speech] Live Speech > Live Speech - set to OFF

Settings > General > Keyboard > [Dictation] Enable Dictation - set to OFF



Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256367014