Keyboard typing prematurely with accessibility features on iPhone 18 update

Hi SRC24,

welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community!

Re: "I am a blind user and use the accessibility features. Before the update you were allowed to touch the key so you could hear it and then double tap it so that you could type it. Now letters are typing when I'm not ready the delete button deletes when I'm not ready and I don't know how to turn it off"

Am no expert in this area, yet your post to the community deserves some response.

Seems the keyboard settings currently in use may be different from those settings you used previously. Sometimes new features are added to apps, and things may change as improvements, and added possibilities are introduced. ( Note: We do not know whether you use iPhone's onboard keyboard, or an external keyboard. )

It seems like you may be using VoiceOver when you have the difficulty with the keys:

Checking the settings, and customizing them to suit you may help. I could be wrong.

Apple support's online article for iOS 18: Use the onscreen keyboard with VoiceOver on iPhone - Apple Support

Eg: says you can:

Change the keyboard settings

1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver.
2. Tap any of the following:

• Typing Style: You can choose a new style. Or, set the rotor to Typing Mode, then swipe up or down.

• Phonetic Feedback:Speak text character by character. VoiceOver first speaks the character, then its phonetic equivalent—for example, “f” and then “foxtrot.

• Typing Feedback: Choose to speak characters, words, both, or nothing.

• Verbosity: Tap Deleting Text. To have VoiceOver speak deleted characters in a lower pitch, tap Change Pitch.

All the best :-)

Thank you kindly for taking the time to reply, and to explain how you solved the problem. Good to know! Others may also be helped, if they have a similar problem and look here for an answer. Cheers :-)