Missing Dictation microphone on iPhone keyboard

Hey there! I was in the same nightmare - didn’t even have the enable dictation toggle either - after a million attempts to solve including hard resets and keyboard resets etc etc I finally figured out the problem - having recently taken some steps from a ‘helpful’ 🙈 YouTube video, I had adjusted all kinds of privacy and security settings - so go find in settings ‘Siri and dictation’ and make sure it is allowed…then the dictation toggle should magically appear!! Good luck!

Thanks for the reply - but I am on ISO 18.3.1 and there is no Siri and Dictation setting - there is just Apple Intelligence...

and no options there to enable dictation or allow it

BUT under Screen time - there is an option to allow it in the restrictions part. So for those that are having this issue - check your screen time -> contents and privacy -> Intelligence and Siri -> Siri and Dictation

If the dictation microphone icon is missing from your iPhone keyboard, it likely means that the "Enable Dictation" setting is turned off in your device settings; to fix this, go to Settings > General > Keyboard and toggle "Enable Dictation" on. 

Key points:

• Check settings: Go to your iPhone's settings, navigate to "General" then "Keyboard" to access the dictation settings. 
• Enable dictation: Make sure the "Enable Dictation" toggle is switched on. 
• Microphone icon appearance: Once dictation is enabled, the microphone icon should reappear on your keyboard.

Same for me. Search finds the enable dictation, but when going to the general->keyboard - the option to “enable dictation” isn’t there