How To Stop Voice Assist On Iphone

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This wikiHow teaches you how to disable VoiceOver, the iPhone accessibility feature that reads aloud the details on your screen. You can disable it by triple-clicking the Home button, accessing your iPhone's Settings, or asking Siri to disable it for you.

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Rapidly press the Home button three times. Doing so will disable the VoiceOver feature if you have the Home button triple-click shortcut set up.
- You can perform this process from the lock screen.
- When you hear "VoiceOver off," you'll know that VoiceOver is disabled.
- To turn VoiceOver back on, triple-click the Home button once more. You will hear "VoiceOver is on."
- If you have multiple options assigned to triple-click (such as Voice Over, Assistive Touch, etc.), you'll need to select which one you want to turn off. Simply triple-clicking the Home button won't automatically turn off Voice Over.
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Try using a different method. If you don't have an Accessibility Shortcut set up, triple-clicking the Home button won't do anything, so you'll need to try a different method.

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Tap your iPhone's Settings once to select it and twice more to open it. It's the grey app with gears on it that you'll likely find on your iPhone's Home Screen.
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Tap General once to select it and then twice more to open it. This option is near the top of the "Settings" page.
- If you're using an iPhone with a 4.7-inch screen, first scroll down to General using three fingers.
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Tap Accessibility once to select it and then twice more to open it. It's near the bottom of the screen.
- If your iPhone has a 4.7-inch screen, you'll first have to scroll down using three fingers to view the Accessibility feature.
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Tap VoiceOver once to select it and then twice more to open it. This option is at the top of the "Accessibility" page.
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Tap the "VoiceOver" switch once to select it and then twice to slide it off. You will hear the message "VoiceOver off" and regular control will be returned to your iPhone.

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Hold down the Home button to activate Siri. This is the large round button at the bottom center area of the screen.
- If you're using an iPhone 6s or later, you won't hear a chime when you start Siri unless you're using headphones or a Bluetooth device.^[1]
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Say "Turn off VoiceOver." You may have to wait a moment for Siri to process your command. When Siri says "OK, I turned off VoiceOver," the feature has been disabled.
- To turn VoiceOver back on, activate Siri again and say "Turn on VoiceOver."

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VoiceOver off? Did VoiceOver say that when VoiceOver is already off?

VoiceOver announce that it has turned off, but it will not continue to read the screen unless re-enabled.
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What do I do if VoiceOver is on and I can't unlock the phone?

When VoiceOver is enabled, unlocking the phone is a little different. Tap the "Slide to Unlock" slider once, and then tap it twice quickly. If it's necessary to enter a passcode, tap the first number of the passcode once, then double-tap it to select it. Then do that with the next number in the passcode.
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What if I can't get the settings to work?

Turn your phone off then back on. If that doesn't work, visit your phone provider store and see if they can help.
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I want to turn off VoiceOver forever because it's very annoying. How can I do this?

Settings > General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut > then just tap on VoiceOver and the check mark should disappear.
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The voiceover control box on my home screen will not cancel, how can I get it to cancel?

I did this on my iPad - Go to Settings, then General, then Accessibility, then Typing Feedback, then just turn off "Speak Auto Text."
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Why can't I scroll down on my iPhone with VoiceOver enabled?

Use three fingers to flick up or down on the screen to scroll when VoiceOver is enabled.
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Why is my iPhone 6s not working after I installed VoiceOver?

You can try disabling VoiceOver using one of the methods in this article, and then reenabling it.