Talk to text not working on my iPhone

I can’t get my talk to text to work at all, like not within messages, browsers, nowhere. When I hit the mic where it normally allows you to dictate and then it types it out, it just has a dark gray circle icon around it. It doesn’t listen for me to talk. I’ve tried turning dictation on and off, I’ve tried turning Bluetooth off. My phone is utd. I have iPhone 16pro. I can’t figure out what else to try.




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Posted on Feb 28, 2025 06:46 AM

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Posted on Mar 5, 2025 08:17 PM

Pretty much the same issue. iPhone 16 Pro Max, just this week auto dictation/ talk to text has completely stopped working on the phone. Press the mic icon. It highlights, get haptic feedback and blue mic shows up but nothing generates. If any word at all that will sometimes generate is: No.

I’m not understanding how talk to text works fine with Google Translate but not for their own OS? (Text, search engines, notes, reminders, etc. on iPhone)

An old 7 series watch it still works with auto dictation or talk to text just fine.

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Mar 5, 2025 08:17 PM in response to olliesmama

Pretty much the same issue. iPhone 16 Pro Max, just this week auto dictation/ talk to text has completely stopped working on the phone. Press the mic icon. It highlights, get haptic feedback and blue mic shows up but nothing generates. If any word at all that will sometimes generate is: No.

I’m not understanding how talk to text works fine with Google Translate but not for their own OS? (Text, search engines, notes, reminders, etc. on iPhone)

An old 7 series watch it still works with auto dictation or talk to text just fine.

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