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Siri Stopped Talking on Speakers

Hi Everyone,

I posted this earlier as a discussion because I thought Apple had a fix. Basically, Siri does not speak out loud through iPhone speakers, only through ear buds or small ear speaker in the phone. No "Ding" sound to indicate Siri has started or finished recording. She will not speak out loud any of her feedback. We've tried the following:

Ensured Voice Feedback was set to "Always"

Turning off Siri followed by soft reset & restart, then turning Siri back on

Checking volume of speakerphone (obviously)

Reset all settings to factory default

Restoring iPhone from backup

Changing language from US English to Australia, restarting then, changing back again (doesn't work in Australian either)

Turning off Raise to Speak (and turning back on)

There may have been other things we've played with over the past few days, but I can't remember them all. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!

Thanks,

Lawrence

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 12-Core 2010, 24GB RAM, ATI R5870

Posted on Nov 4, 2011 10:56 AM

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Lawrence Ingram_Ii Author

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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 1:21 PM

Ok!

Here's my final answer: Activate Siri, and turn the volume up!!! Apparently, I turned the volume down while it was shouting at me somewhere I wanted it to be quiet! Never connected the dots. So, for anyone having this issue, the fix is pretty simple. Now if I can figure out how to get Apple Care to add it to their trouble-shooting list! 😝

Lawrence

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paulcb

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Jun 25, 2012 4:45 PM in response to Betty Rogers

Yes.

clearbox

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Sep 26, 2012 6:52 AM in response to Lawrence Ingram_Ii

Yes, it appears the volume control has to be turned-up separately for Siri.

This seems to fix the issue.

1. Activate Siri

2. Ask her a question.

3. While she responds - hit the volume up button on your phone.

Oct 8, 2012 9:02 PM in response to Pat747

You Rock!!!!!!!!!! Worked for my Iphone 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!

Aug 4, 2013 8:40 AM in response to Lawrence Ingram_Ii

Many thanks for this solution Lawrence. This problem has been irritating me for a few days now, but fixed thanks to you. Thanks for sharing!

Dec 26, 2013 5:39 PM in response to Lawrence Ingram_Ii

I am having this same problem! However, for me, Siri is not speaking even after I turn Siri's volume up. I also tried inserting and removing my earpieces while Siri was speaking, unsuccessfully. Siri will speak through my earbuds, though. I know the speaker is not broken, I checked, and I hear a ding when activating Siri. I have an iPod Touch 5, running iOS 6.1.3.

Doogerd

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Mar 8, 2014 3:52 PM in response to shalomjt

Yahoo... It worked! Thanks for posting!

RajaRani

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Jun 14, 2014 7:54 PM in response to Hitechcomputergeek

Reference your deleted posts on

Re: iphone 4s stuck in recovery mode

1. This Forum never supported discussions/use of suggested tools as per terms and conditions.

2. Suggested hacks do not work on newer iDevices beginning 4S.

Regards

May 20, 2015 2:00 PM in response to Pat747

For Pat 747

Here it is April 2015, using an iPhone 6 Plus, and the problem persists. I spend several hours this a.m. trying to solve this and thank goodness I found your post. Worked perfectly for me. Surprised Apple hasn't fixed this.

BTW, I clicked on This helped me, hoping to award you points for your post.

Oct 10, 2015 6:24 AM in response to Lawrence Ingram_Ii

Siri voice feedback won't work if you sent it to "American" "Female" in the settings. The voice feedback works perfectly fine for all other settings.

Nunnsey

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Oct 17, 2015 8:50 AM in response to Pat747

I had this exact scenario happen on my iPhone 6, this plugging and un plugging headphones while using Siri worked! Wouldn't have thought to try such a specific approach.

Feb 3, 2016 2:30 PM in response to Pat747

This workr great for me. Still can't get Siri to 'welcome' me and ask wh I'd like. Similar to the advertising, bu it's a start. Thanks for your help.

Feb 13, 2016 5:48 PM in response to Pat747

dude, what a crazy way to fix that. totally worked. THANK YOU!

Oct 9, 2016 5:59 PM in response to Lawrence Ingram_Ii

My problem is a bit weirder than that. Siri answers everything out loud through the iPhone speaker -- except when I ask "what song is playing". Then she prints the name of the song on the screen and nothing I have tried will make her speak it out loud. ***?!?!? This is really bizarre. I've tried restarting, I've checked settings, I've inserted ear buds and removed them. She talks to me if I ask "Siri what's my name" or "Siri talk to me" or "Siri read my last message", but if I ask "What is this song" she just writes it to the screen. This only started happening with the latest iOS update (10.0.2). Very annoying. (Just like lots of the other changed-just-to-change things about 10.0.2, like how you no longer swipe on the home screen to get to the pin entry, or where the camera icon is on the home screen... why these silly changes? But I digress...)

-- lauri

Mar 23, 2017 3:26 AM in response to Lawrence Ingram_Ii

OMG!!!! After Hours of pulling my hair out!! Turning up the volume once Siri is activated. What can I say "Dumb ***" Thank You for your answer.

Apr 14, 2017 8:39 AM in response to Lawrence Ingram_Ii

Doesn't work

Siri Stopped Talking on Speakers