Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
The iPhone Life guide says you do not need to enable any special settings to see transcripts of audio messages in Messages, because the feature works automatically.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“You don’t need to enable any special settings, as this feature works automatically.”
View a Transcript of Audio Messages, iPhone Life, iPhone Life, 2023, How to Transcribe Voice Messages on iPhone.
Open the original- What it measures
- The guide gives this as the first step for seeing a transcript on an iPhone running iOS 17 or later.
- What it does not show
- Relayed by a how-to publisher, not Apple. Apple's own Messages help did not show the wording when fetched for this page.