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This wikiHow teaches you how to disable Speak Screen for iPhone, the optional accessibility feature that causes Siri to read the screen when you do a two-finger downward swipe.
Steps
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1Open your iPhone’s Settings. Look for the gray gear icon on one of your home screens. You may find it inside the Utilities folder.
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2Tap General. It’s in the third section of settings.Advertisement
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3Tap Accessibility. It’s in the third section.
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4Tap Speech. It’s in the first section, under “Vision.”
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5Slide the “Speak Screen” switch to the off position. This is the second option. When disabled, Siri will no read the contents of your screen aloud.[1]
- You can disable Speak Screen but still have the option to select text to read aloud. To do this, slide the “Speak Selection” switch to the on position.
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1. Open your Settings.
2. Tap General.
3. Tap Accessibility.
4. Tap Speech.
5. Slide the “Speak Screen” switch to the off position.
