Stop Siri text reading

If I have Siri on my iPhone reading me a news article or something and I want to get her to stop and my phone is locked how can I do this? I use Siri for verbal commands and someone so that works yet while she’s reading the document if I tried interrupt her it’s lost on her she doesn’t understand

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 15

Posted on Jan 11, 2023 4:41 PM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2023 2:34 PM

Hi optomist1,


Thanks for posting in Apple Support Communities.


We understand that you want to stop an article from being read to you. It sounds like VoiceOver may be enabled. You can disable this feature in a few ways.


"To turn VoiceOver on or off, use any of the following methods:


You can find these steps in Turn on and practice VoiceOver on iPhone.



Regards.


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Jan 14, 2023 2:34 PM in response to optomist1

Hi optomist1,


Thanks for posting in Apple Support Communities.


We understand that you want to stop an article from being read to you. It sounds like VoiceOver may be enabled. You can disable this feature in a few ways.


"To turn VoiceOver on or off, use any of the following methods:


You can find these steps in Turn on and practice VoiceOver on iPhone.



Regards.


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