How to Disable VoiceOver Audio Ducking on an iPhone

Co-authored by wikiHow Staff

Last Updated: May 15, 2018

This wikiHow teaches you how to disable the iPhone feature that turns down music and audio when the accessibility feature called “VoiceOver” is reading what’s on the screen.

Steps

1
Open your iPhone’s Settings. The icon looks like a set of grey gears together and is located on one of the home screens.
- If Settings isn’t present on a home screen, its icon can be located in the Utilities folder on one of the home screens.
2
Tap General. It is located in the third group of menu options.

Advertisement
3
Tap Accessibility. It is located in the third group of menu options.
4
Tap VoiceOver.
5
Scroll down and tap Audio. It is located in the fourth group of menu options.
6
Slide the Audio Ducking button to the “on” position. It is located in the third group of menu options. This will keep the level of any music or audio unaffected while the VoiceOver feature is in use.

Community Q&A

Question

I have a iPad A1566. I tried everything to disable voiceover. How can I do it?

Community Answer

Just turn off your sound.

Warnings

VoiceOver must be enabled to see the effects of these changes. To do this, slide the VoiceOver button to the “on” position at the top of the VoiceOver menu.

⧼thumbs_response⧽
Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
VoiceOver automatically changes the gestures used to interact with the screen. If VoiceOver is enabled, all taps in the instructions above will become double taps.

⧼thumbs_response⧽
Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0