Why can’t I record sounds in my texts?

There “used to be” before the latest iOS update a little microphone in the text window on a message. You clicked and held this and were able to record an audio message. Now it just starts “talk-2-text”. This IS NOT the feature I want. If I want to talk to text I click on the microphone at the bottom of the message. Where did the “recording audio” option go?

I use this all the time so my clients can HEAR my voice and not just read the words.

Please let me know where it went. Oh, and don’t offer the “sound recognition” option as a fix. It’s turned off and still only wants to open “talk-2-text”.

It is soooooooo frustrating when Apple changes something for no obvious reasons and makes it more difficult to use the device how we always have.

Randy M.