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My iPhone is recognizing me speaking when I am composing a text message. However, it does so WITHOUT ME HAVING HIT THE MICROPHONE ICON. Why and how do I turn that functionality off?

iPhone 6s, iOS 15

Posted on Oct 28, 2022 10:44 AM

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you didn't answer the question at all. it has nothing to do with my os version.


I discovered the answer when I noticed the ICON on the home screen --I think it is a microphone


while investigating changing the volume on my speaker during a phone call, I inadvertantly enabled "voice control". settings / accessibility / voice control.


I googled this forever to no avail. oh well.




Posted on Oct 31, 2022 8:43 AM

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Oct 31, 2022 7:47 AM in response to joefiesta

Hey there Joe,


Let's team up to take a closer look at Dictation enabling itself, along with ruling out some possible causes:


  1. When did this start?
  2. We see you have iOS 15 installed, but the latest for your model is iOS 15.7.1. You can verify this within Settings > General > About. Here's a link that'll show how to first back up, then Update your iPhone or iPad.
  3. Sometimes unexpected behavior can be resolved with a restart: Restart your iPhone
  4. If there's anything covering the screen, remove it, then test for the same issue.


Cheers!

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Oct 31, 2022 8:43 AM in response to bruno75

you didn't answer the question at all. it has nothing to do with my os version.


I discovered the answer when I noticed the ICON on the home screen --I think it is a microphone


while investigating changing the volume on my speaker during a phone call, I inadvertantly enabled "voice control". settings / accessibility / voice control.


I googled this forever to no avail. oh well.




disable automatic dictation

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