-as of [20 OCTOBER 2025]-
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-iPHONE-
*SETTINGS* —>
*ACCESSIBILITY* —>
-“SPEECH” SECTION-
“VOCAL SHORTCUTS”
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*TURN “VOCAL SHORTCUTS” ON/OFF BY TAPPING “TOGGLE SWITCH”* —>
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*ACTIONS* —>
“TRIGGER SIRI”
(default action)
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(NOTHING HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAP THAT BUTTON)
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*TO DELETE THE “ACTION”, TAP “EDIT” IN [TOP RIGHT CORNER]* —>
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*TAP THE “RED MINUS” BUTTON TO DELETE THE “ACTION”* —>
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*THEN TAP “DELETE” ON “FAR RIGHT”* —>
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-TO RETURN TO PREVIOUS SCREEN, TAP THE “BLUE CHECKMARK” IN [TOP RIGHT CORNER]* —>
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*TO ADD AN “ACTION”, TAP “ADD ACTION”* —>
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*TAP “CONTINUE”* —>
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-teach your iphone to recognize a “custom phrase” that you can say to quickly perform an action-
– is processed on [iphone]-
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-CLICK “LEARN MORE”-
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Teach your iPhone to recognize a custom phrase that you can say to quickly perform an action.
Audio is processed on iPhone.
Setup
Vocal Shortcuts can ask Siri, run a shortcut, or perform a system action.
Add a speakable phrase that is unique to an action to run it.
To teach iPhone to recognize the phrase, you will be asked to say it 3 times
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Usage
Vocal Shortcuts will listen for each of the phrases you’ve set up.
Vocal Shortcuts will stop listening if the screen is dimmed.
Vocal Shortcuts will continue listening with the screen dimmed if iPhone is connected to power.
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With Vocal Shortcuts, you can teach iPhone to perform an action when you speak a word or another sound of your choosing.
Vocal Shortcuts can be useful if you have moderate to severe atypical speech but can reliably vocalize certain utterances.
Audio is processed on device
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Set up Vocal Shortcuts
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Vocal Shortcuts.
Tap Set Up,
then tap Continue.
Choose an action for iPhone to perform when you say the shortcut.
If you want the action to be a request to Siri, tap Siri Request, then enter the request.
Enter the phrase you’ll say when you want iPhone to perform the action,
then follow the onscreen instructions to repeat the phrase out loud so that iPhone can recognize it.
After you set up Vocal Shortcuts, the Microphone In Use icon is shown in the status bar to indicate that Vocal Shortcuts is using the iPhone microphone to listen for shortcuts.
When you don’t want Vocal Shortcuts to use the microphone, go to Settings > Accessibility > Vocal Shortcuts, then turn off Vocal Shortcuts.
Add a Vocal Shortcut
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Vocal Shortcuts.
Tap Add Action, then tap Continue.
Choose an action for iPhone to perform when you say the shortcut.
If you want the action to be a request to Siri, tap Siri Request, then enter the request.
Enter the phrase you’ll say when you want iPhone to perform the action, then follow the onscreen instructions to repeat the phrase out loud so that iPhone can recognize it.
Delete a Vocal Shortcut
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Vocal Shortcuts.
Tap Edit, tap the Remove button next to the shortcut you want to delete, then tap Delete.
Tip:
If you have an acquired or progressive condition that affects speech, you can have Siri listen for and recognize a wider range of atypical speech patterns.
See Change Siri accessibility settings
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Use Vocal Shortcuts on iPhone
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