mic with an x

Okay but what happens with the next update and the UK English one stops working? I feel like it’s something within the update that messed it up. I added it and it works but I speak other languages (my Spanish one doesn’t work either).

MikeMilazzola wrote:

All you do is go into setting turn on full key board access in accessibility shortcuts…. Nothing ppl wrote has worken but I just figured this out and it’s good now

Some users find that having Full Keyboard Access turned on messes up the behavior of certain keys, especially the space bar, in certain apps. So if this happens to you, that is the reason.

I’ve been having the same problem. My mic is not working with Siri, notes or voice texting. I decided to try switching the keyboard to UK and it’s working! Of course it’s not exactly as I would talk like it called my mom mum but it’s a fix for now. Hope this helps. PS: UK voice texting doesn’t recognize “period” for punctuation.

Although the icon with the “X” still appears, I fixed this issue of voice-to-text not working by going to settings> keyboards > edit> removed my country’s keyboard, added it back again. Now I can dictate again, although I am looking forward to the fix from Apple.

NJPegi Said:

"This doesn't work for me - my microphone says allow under content & privacy. I shut my phone off and on and it still didn't work."

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Disable your VPN:

Have a VPN enabled? If so, disable it. There is likely a connectivity error somewhere about. VPNs just get in the way on an Apple device, and this is a pure example of how and why.

SOLVED!!! I realised that if you add the Australian keyboard in settings, you can use voice dictation!!! I had the same problem for months and this fixed it!!! this obviously is not a permanent solution, but it definitely works.

You might check this, as I just discovered a problem. I have a new pair of earbuds and one or more came slightly loose in their box and therefore were connected via bluetooth. That caused speak to text to fail (showing the microphone with the X in it) and also caused many audio features to be muted (except in the ear buds). Check you bluetooth connections to see of something is connected that should not be, and is therefore overriding normal operation.

I followed the solution of adding the UK keyboard and dictation started working again. Removed it and went back to US keyboard and it's still working. Weirdly, the "x" next to the microphone icon persists, but at leasts dictation is working again.

I have same problem. X on mic and won’t let me voice to text. Mic works otherwise. Please help.

You should change the language of siri it should work.

So I downloaded the new iOS and I can use voice now. But I still see the little X in the record icon and I’m just curious why?

Isn't that Siri's Mic icon?

Might see if Siri is active in your area...

Apple - Support - System Status

This issue is happening for me too and I have troubleshooted to no end, including what you have suggested. Not working. Please help because I utilize this option most of the time.

Same here no matter what I do it won’t go away!!