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Talk to text not working on iPhone

Microphone is turned on in settings under keyboard dictation but when I go into messages and hit the microphone, talk to text is not working and this icon appears. A small microphone with and x. How do I fix this?




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iPhone 13, iOS 16

Posted on Oct 14, 2022 11:26 AM

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Oct 15, 2022 4:28 PM in response to Kbee7

Thanks for reaching out Kbee7,


That microphone icon is expected to be displayed after tapping the Dictation icon, as illustrated in the following article: Dictate text on iPhone:


Dictate text

1. Tap to place the insertion point where you want to insert text.
2. Tap the Dictate key on the onscreen keyboard or in any text field where it appears (as in Messages, for example). Then speak.
3. If you don’t see the Dictate key, make sure Enable Dictation is turned on in Settings  > General > Keyboard.
As you speak to insert text, iPhone automatically inserts punctuation for you. You can insert emoji by saying their names (for example, “mind blown emoji” or “happy emoji”).
Note: You can turn this setting off by going to Settings  > General > Keyboard and turning off Auto-Punctuation.
4. When you finish, tap the Stop Dictation button.

The onscreen keyboard showing the Dictate key (in the bottom-right corner), which you can tap to begin dictating text.


If Dictation is not responding and including the text that you speak as expected, then reach out to Apple Support directly, as they're best equipped to assist with the behavior being described.


You can use the following link to reach out: Contact - Official Apple Support


Kind regards.

Talk to text not working on iPhone

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