AutoCorrect will only improve over time, but after 15 years of continuous development by Apple, it’s still far from perfect on the iPhone. However, there are some hidden features in iOS that can help avoid or mitigate future autocorrect failures, one of which warns you every time a word is changed.
This might shock you, but the little-known feature I’m talking about has been around since iOS 3 in 2009. That was before iOS was even called “iOS”, when Apple used the longer “iPhone OS” for its mobile operating system. This secret tool is still around in iOS 15 and iOS 16, and will likely be available in a future software update.
Its ability to help prevent autocorrect clutter in messages, mail, Twitter, and anywhere else you can enter text is nowhere near as good as keyboard settings. If you go to Settings -> General -> Keyboard, you won’t find it. Instead, go into the accessibility settings at:
Settings -> Accessibility -> Voice Content -> Input Feedback
There are various tools in the typing feedback menu to help you type on your iPhone. There’s “Speak Words”, which is a bit of an overkill because it speaks everything you type. “Hold to Speak Predictions” is cool, but it’s mostly only useful if you’re not sure how a word is spelled but know how it’s pronounced. What you want is to “speak automatic text”, so turn that switch on.
This guide assumes that you have “Auto-Capitalization” and “Auto-Correction” enabled in Settings -> General -> Keyboard. At least one or the other should be enabled to use Speak Auto Text.
Change speech rate and voice
Before testing the new features of AutoCorrect, you may need to adjust how fast iOS speaks words aloud. If you type very slowly, the default rate might be ok. For people who type faster, you may want to increase your speaking speed so that it doesn’t slow you down.
Go back to the main Spoken Content settings and adjust the Spoken Rate slider accordingly. Your adjustments will apply to the Speak Auto Text feature and other Speak Screen and Speak selection options. It doesn’t affect VoiceOver or Siri’s speaking rate. You can even change the voice your iPhone uses to speak to you. In the Voice Content settings, tap Sound, select your language, and choose a voice. Before saving your selections, you may need to download the voice file, which may be over 100 MB. Changing your voice here affects all Speak Screen and Speak Selection options, but not VoiceOver or Siri.
Make sure you can hear your iPhone talking
To benefit from Speak Auto Text, you need to be able to hear what it says. Make sure the ring/silent switch on the side of your iPhone is set to ring, then turn up the media volume on your headphones or built-in speakers.
Test the Speak Automatic Text Tool
Whenever AutoCorrect has a word suggestion, as long as you don’t hit space, carriage return, punctuation, etc., it will say it aloud so that the suggestion replaces what you actually typed. If you’re a fast typist, you’ll need to slow down a bit to give your iPhone enough time to speak the autocorrect suggestion before accidentally approving it.
Whenever a word in the predictive text field is highlighted, it speaks the word or automatically capitalizes it. If you have the predictive text bar disabled, it will speak whatever appears in the autocorrect bubble.
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