Can I turn off my iPhone's voicemail transcriptions in iOS 17?

Is there any way we can turn off the captions/transcription on voice messages in messages? no offence but i genuinely hate it but i cant find a way to disable it anywhere and when i search it up, it comes up with voiceMAIL transcriptions which i really don’t want 😭😭. does anyone know an alternative or a way to turn it off?


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iPhone 11, iOS 17

Posted on Sep 19, 2023 2:28 AM

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Oct 7, 2023 9:58 AM in response to ChaseRichard

ChaseRichard wrote:

Smh. Was obv to cgrimes87 as they’re referring to the very glitchy dictation we now have in iMessage voice w ioS 17, not voicemail like the op posted about.

I'm sorry but I'm not entirely clear what that means. Spelling out your words is very helpful to other posters.


What I can comment on is that, though, what the author asked about in the post was "Is there any way we can turn off the captions/transcription on voice messages in messages?", the subject line said "Voice Mail". So, while the OP wasn't talking about Voicemail, it's very easy to see why someone might think this thread is about Voice Mail.


But, yes, they are more likely to get help in their own thread.

Oct 21, 2023 5:45 AM in response to diamonds_

Goodness gracious I was looking for this and I’m glad (not really) it’s not only me. The thing that’s bothersome is that it freezes up the phone. I use and receive voice messages under certain contexts when a text won’t cut it and/or a phone call isn’t available. But it it stops me from using the messages app for an unknown amount of time. Even if it’s just reading another message. I’d like to be able to turn that off too.

Can I turn off my iPhone's voicemail transcriptions in iOS 17?

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