User level: Level 1 (4 points)After the last OS update, Siri started to vocalize the words I wrote in each text. I have gone through my settings options, none worked to stop the voice. Neither did my fiddling with the microphone symbol or asking Siri to stop. How do I turn this off?!
Posted on Oct 30, 2026 11:41 PM
User level: Level 10 (454,138 points)Oct 30, 2026 11:43 PM in response to dibq
With VoiceOver—a gesture-based screen reader—you can use iPhone even if you can't see the screen. VoiceOver gives audible descriptions of what's on your screen—from battery level, to who's calling, to which app your finger is on. You can also adjust the speaking rate and pitch to suit your needs.
Turn on and practice VoiceOver on iPhone - Apple Support (IN)
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content. Adjust any of the following: Speak Selection: To hear text you selected, tap the Speak button. Speak Screen: To hear the entire screen, swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen.
Hear iPhone speak the screen, selected text, and typing ...
On your device, go to Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Typing Feedback. From here, you can turn on the following: Character feedback: Turn on Characters to have your device speak letters as you type.
Use Typing Feedback on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Turn on Dictation
Go to Settings > General > Keyboard. Turn on Enable Dictation.
Dictate text on iPhone - Apple Support (IN)
User level: Level 10 (454,138 points)Oct 30, 2026 11:42 PM in response to dibq
dibq wrote:
After the last OS update,
Not every issue an individual encounters on their device can be attributed to an iOS update. iOS 27 or later may have coincided with what you are experiencing, but that does not mean the issue was triggered by iOS. Coincidence in timing is not, by itself, evidence of causation.
If the update itself were the root cause, then every device running that same version of iOS would exhibit the identical problem. In such a scenario, the forums would be flooded with countless posts reporting the same malfunction, creating an unmistakable wave of complaints that no one could possibly overlook.
The absence of such widespread reports strongly indicates that the issue is not a general, system-wide problem with iOS 27 or later, but rather something specific to the individual device, its configuration, installed apps, settings, hardware, or another interacting factor.
In short: iOS 27 or later may be a coincidence in timing, but there is no basis to conclude that iOS itself triggered the problem simply because the issue appeared after the update.
See what each update does: About iOS 27 Updates, About iOS 26 Updates, About iOS 18 Updates, About iOS 17 Updates, About iOS 16 Updates, About iOS 15 Updates, About iOS 14 Updates, About iOS 13 Updates, About iOS 12 Updates, and so on...
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256386311