Highlighting text and then speak text is not working

Highlighting text and then speak text is not working.

this is not an issue with Siri. This is an issue I have one highlighting a text whether it is in the notepad, online or in an email. I used to be able to highlight it and then tap speak and it would read it to me. That does not happen anymore and I’ve been poking around in the The iPhone system and I have not been able to figure out what I can do To resolve my problem.