Speak screen stops working

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Speak screen stops working

I use speak screen a lot to read Japanese news websites on Safari with reader mode. Often controller of speak screen stops responding. To fix, I need to turn on voice over and turn it off. Then force to restart my iPhone. In a bad day, I have to do it 5 times or more. Simply restarting iPhone or any change of speak screen settings don’t work.

Is there any way to avoid it? One thing I found is a sentence stating < seems to cause the issue. But that doesn’t apply many other cases.

iPhone 17 Pro Max, iOS 26

Posted on Nov 25, 2025 8:33 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 25, 2025 10:08 PM in response to Kat928

Switch Japanese voice (Kyoko/O-ren/Premium)

Turn OFF Highlight Content

Disable furigana/ruby in Reader Mode

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SravanKrA

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Nov 25, 2025 10:44 PM in response to Kat928

Try these...

Toggle Speak Screen/Spoken Content: Turn off, restart iPhone, then re-enable.
Change Reading Voice: Switch to a different voice if one misbehaves.
Disable Extra Accessibility Features: Turn off Reachability or similar options that may interfere.

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Kat928 Author

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Nov 26, 2025 4:52 PM in response to azaksalmarzur28

Thank you for reply. I already use Japanese Voice and Highlight content off. Changing to another Japanese voice did not make any difference. Controller and gesture for Speak screen still stops responding.

I do not aware any option of furigana/rubi on Safari or iOS and I did not install any apps for furigana/rubi.

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Kat928 Author

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Nov 26, 2025 5:05 PM in response to SravanKrA

Thank you for reply.

Toggle Speak screen and shut down does not restore the speak screen functionality. Once controller and gesture for Speak screen stops responding, it is still unresponsive after turning Speak screen off, restart iPhone, then re-enable. To restore the controller and gesture responsive, I need to turn on Voice over and turn it off, then shut down iPhone.

Changing voice did not help.

I do not use any other accessibility features. Speak screen is only Accessibility feature I use. So, I do not think this is applicable.

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