iphone 12 unwanted dictation issue

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iphone 12 unwanted dictation issue

New Iphone 12, as soon as the curser is focussed in a text response field, or an email body the phone starts taking dictation! Whether i have keyboard dictation enabled or not, and without touching the dictation microphone icon on the keyboard - the phone just starts putting what it hears on the screen. I've disabled 'raise to speech'. and as i said i disable dictation all together and same thing. I can't type a text without it inserting words it hears in the background!

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Posted on Nov 18, 2020 10:01 AM

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ryane77

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Nov 26, 2020 1:14 PM in response to tfbis

Hi tfbis,

We're glad you've reached out through Apple Support Communities for help with this behavior you're experiencing with spoken words entering automatically into text fields on your iPhone. We're happy to help make sense of this!

Since you mentioned that Dictation is disabled, and it's happening automatically every time you tap on a text field, this seems to indicate that Voice Control is enabled. Voice Control is a new feature introduced for devices running iOS 13 or later. It allows full control of your device using only your voice.

You may turn off Voice Control by heading into Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control. Here's a guide with detailed information. Let us know if it helps, or if you've got any questions:

Use Voice Control on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Have a great day!

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