This turns on the talk to text feature in your iPhone’s iMessage app.

Scroll down to Dictation and make sure Enable Dictation is turned on.

Then scroll down to Keyboard and tap it.

On your paired iPhone, open the Settings app.

If dictation isn’t turned on, that’s probably why you can’t get it to work! Turn on Dictation on your iPhone Make sure you turned on dictation for all devices Follow these next tips to fix the problem. If you don’t see the dictation button (microphone icon), there may be an issue with your device’s settings.

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When you do this, you get the full-screen option with the microphone button appearing in the bottom right corner.

When the message opens, tap on the message box next to the App icon.

Select the message you want to reply to or create a new message.

You can also use talk to text in the Mail app.

To access talk to text, open the Messages app on your Apple Watch.

Now, the microphone button is gone. So, if users want to reply to a message using the dictation feature, they now have to take extra steps to access it. How to access talk to text on Apple Watchīefore the latest iOS update, Apple Watch users could hit the talk to text button on their watch when in their Messages app.

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