How to Enable Typing Feedback on an iPhone
Open your iPhone's Settings., Tap General., Tap Accessibility., Tap Speech., Tap Typing Feedback., Slide the buttons next to the desired feedback options to the On position.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Open your iPhone's Settings.
It's a gray app icon that contains an image of sprockets.
It should appear on one of your home screens, or it may be in a folder labeled Utilities. -
Step 2: Tap General.
It's next to a gray icon containing a gear in the third section of the menu. , It's a stand-alone section in the menu. , It's the fifth selection in the "Vision" section of the. , It's the third selection in the menu. , The white buttons should be toward the right and surrounded by green.
Turn on Characters to have your iPhone speak characters while you are typing.
Enable Character Hints, and your iPhone will speak the phonetic names of letters.
If you activate Speak Words, your iPhone will speak whole words as you type them.
Speak Auto-Text enables your iPhone to speak autocorrections and auto-capitalizations as they occur.
Select Hold to Speak Predictions if you want your iPhone to suggest the word it thinks you're typing.
Tap and hold on each word to hear it spoken. -
Step 3: Tap Accessibility.
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Step 4: Tap Speech.
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Step 5: Tap Typing Feedback.
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Step 6: Slide the buttons next to the desired feedback options to the On position.
Detailed Guide
It's a gray app icon that contains an image of sprockets.
It should appear on one of your home screens, or it may be in a folder labeled Utilities.
It's next to a gray icon containing a gear in the third section of the menu. , It's a stand-alone section in the menu. , It's the fifth selection in the "Vision" section of the. , It's the third selection in the menu. , The white buttons should be toward the right and surrounded by green.
Turn on Characters to have your iPhone speak characters while you are typing.
Enable Character Hints, and your iPhone will speak the phonetic names of letters.
If you activate Speak Words, your iPhone will speak whole words as you type them.
Speak Auto-Text enables your iPhone to speak autocorrections and auto-capitalizations as they occur.
Select Hold to Speak Predictions if you want your iPhone to suggest the word it thinks you're typing.
Tap and hold on each word to hear it spoken.
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