How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14

You can customize the settings for VoiceOver, such as the audio options, language, voice, speaking rate, and verbosity.

  • To increase or decrease the volume, press the volume buttons on iPhone.

  • To set other audio options, go to Settings

    How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
     > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Audio, then set options such as the following:

    • Sounds & Haptics: Adjust and preview sound effects and haptics.

    • Audio Ducking: Temporarily reduce media playback volume when VoiceOver speaks.

    • Auto-select Speaker in Call: Automatically switch to the speaker during a call when you’re not holding iPhone to your ear.

    • Send to HDMI: Route audio to externally connected devices, such as an instrument amplifier or a DJ mixer.

VoiceOver uses the same language you choose for your iPhone. VoiceOver pronunciation of some languages is affected by the Region Format you choose.

  1. Go to Settings

    How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
     > General > Language & Region.

  2. Tap iPhone Language, then choose a language.

Go to Settings

How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
 > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then do any of the following:

  • Adjust the speaking rate: Drag the Speaking Rate slider.

  • Choose a voice: Tap Speech > Voice, then choose a voice. To download an enhanced voice, tap

    How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
    .

  • Adjust the pitch: Tap Speech, then drag the slider. You can also turn on Use Pitch Change to have VoiceOver use a higher pitch when speaking the first item of a group (such as a list or table) and a lower pitch when speaking the last item of a group.

  • Specify the pronunciation of certain words: Tap Speech > Pronunciations, tap

    How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
    , enter a phrase, then dictate or spell out how you want the phrase to be pronounced.

    Note: You can dictate only if you turned on Enable Dictation in Settings > General > Keyboards.

Go to Settings

How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
 > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap any of the following:

  • Verbosity: Choose options to have VoiceOver speak hints, punctuation, uppercase letters, embedded links, and more. VoiceOver can even confirm rotor actions and tell you when the flashlight is turned on.

    To change how VoiceOver speaks punctuation, tap Punctuation, then choose a group. You can also create new groups—for example, a programming group in which “[” is spoken as “left brack.”

  • Always Speak Notifications: VoiceOver reads notifications, including incoming text messages as they occur, even if iPhone is locked. Unacknowledged notifications are repeated when you unlock iPhone.

You can customize a group of VoiceOver settings for an activity such as programming. Apply the settings automatically when you open certain apps or by adjusting the rotor.

  1. Go to Settings

    How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
     > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Activities.

  2. Choose an existing activity or tap Add Activity.

  3. Adjust settings for speech, audio, verbosity, and braille.

  4. Choose Apps or Context to automatically apply the settings for this activity.

Go to Settings

How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
 > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Navigation Style, then choose one of the following:

  • Flat: VoiceOver moves sequentially through each item on the screen when you use the move next and previous commands.

  • Grouped: VoiceOver moves through items and groups of items on the screen. To move into a group, use a two-finger swipe right. To move out of a group, use a two-finger swipe left.

Go to Settings

How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
 > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then turn on any of the following:

  • Large Cursor: If you have difficulty seeing the black outline around the selected item, you can enlarge and thicken the outline.

  • Caption Panel: The text spoken by VoiceOver is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

When VoiceOver is turned on, you can access Quick Settings by doing a two-finger quadruple tap.

To customize Quick Settings, do the following:

  1. Go to Settings

    How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
     > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Quick Settings.

  2. Choose the settings you want, or drag

    How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
    to reorder settings.

  • Welcome
  • What’s new in iOS 16
    • Calculator
      • See the world clock
      • Set an alarm
      • Use the timer or stopwatch
    • Compass
      • Get music, movies, and TV shows
      • Get ringtones
      • Manage purchases and settings
      • Measure
      • View and save measurements
      • Measure a person’s height
      • Use the level
    • Shortcuts
    • Tips
  • Use iPhone with iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC
  • Restart, update, reset, and restore
  • Safety, handling, and support
  • Copyright

Your iPhone can continuously listen for certain sounds—such as a crying baby, doorbell, or siren—and notify you when it recognizes these sounds.

Note: Don’t rely on your iPhone to recognize sounds in circumstances where you may be harmed or injured, in high-risk or emergency situations, or for navigation.

  1. Go to Settings

    How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
     > Accessibility > Sound Recognition, then turn on Sound Recognition.

  2. Tap Sounds, then turn on the sounds you want iPhone to recognize.

Tip: To quickly turn Sound Recognition on or off, use Control Center.

You can also set up iPhone to recognize a custom alarm, appliance, or doorbell if they aren’t recognized automatically.

  1. Go to Settings

    How to make your phone make a noise when you plug it in iOS 14
     > Accessibility > Sound Recognition > Sounds.

  2. Tap Custom Alarm or Custom Appliance or Doorbell, then enter a name.

  3. When your alarm, appliance, or doorbell is ready, place iPhone near the sound and minimize background noise.

  4. Tap Start Listening, then follow the onscreen instructions.

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