Voice Recording Problem

Turns out the answer was as simple as turning off Raise to Listen

In the Messages app on your iPhone, there are two different microphone icons, and each serves a distinct purpose.

The first and second images show the Audio Message microphone icon remaining active in the Messages app even after an audio message has been successfully sent.

This is expected behaviour and does not mean that the iPhone is still recording your voice. The Messages app may retain the Audio Message interface based on your recent activity.

As illustrated in the images, deleting the sent audio message will not necessarily make the microphone icon disappear immediately. The icon may continue to appear even if you close the Messages app and reopen the conversation.

However, when you begin composing a regular text message (not an audio message), the interface changes. As shown in the third and fourth images, the Audio Message microphone icon is replaced by the Dictation microphone icon, which is associated with the text-entry field.

This demonstrates the distinction between the two microphone controls:

• Audio Message microphone: Used to record and send voice messages. Its appearance may persist after sending an audio message.
• Dictation microphone: Used to convert your speech into text while composing a regular text message.

Therefore, the persistent Audio Message icon should not be interpreted as an indication of an ongoing recording. It is simply part of the Messages app's current interface state. The microphone control changes according to the type of message you are composing.

Important: The Dictation microphone and the Audio Message microphone are two entirely different features. Dictation converts speech into text, whereas Audio Message records and sends your voice as an audio clip. Their appearance and behaviour should not be confused with each other.

OutsideShooter wrote:

In the messaging app, I can tap the microphone icon and speak text. Then I send and notice the recording has restarted without my prompt. I've even see it start without any prompt on my part.

Does it automatically start recording a new audio message right after you send one?

I'll have to ask, since your wording is not clear just yet; You wrote "The first and second images show the Audio Message microphone icon" which to me is not yet clear, because this is sounding like two different icons (the voice wave and the microphone) are one in the same?

And to restate my initial "the red recording within the island at top) is still showing a recording in red action

I'll have to ask, since your wording is not clear just yet; You wrote "The first and second images show the Audio Message microphone icon" which to me is not yet clear, because this is sounding like two different icons (the voice wave and the microphone) are one in the same?

Now that I've reread your full comment, I think I understand the distinction. I'll pay closer attention to see which one has been giving me the headache and if need be, get back to this

Thanks so much for your insight

New comment. I just now sent a message and tapped on the microphone and spoke the message. As soon as it finished sending, up popped the play to record. I hit the X and it popped up again. I then tapped it again. Now it is gone. Is that normal to have to tap the X twice in a row? Following that after a few moments now I see the red square, with the time showing in red at 0 but I see the voice wave symbol even when my iPhone is closed as if it expects me to tap on the square stop button, and yet it is not recording. This can't be normal

So I open the screen and see my apps and now the record is back again within the island at the top in red just waiting for who knows what?

After tapping on the island in red it takes me back to the message app and nothing is in red. But again when I close the message appt reappears in the island in red showing 0:00

What must I do to stop this repeating annoyance? I have to shut down and restart the iPhone. So here we go to my original question; what will. it take to stop this?

Yes and I cannot stop it when I tap on the island recording

As well it can start on its own out of the blue