How do I disable voicemail transcription feature on my iPhone 13 mini?

iOS 18.1 settings->Apps->Phone->`Live voicemail` ,,, can toggle on/off there

Try changing Siri’s language to something that doesn’t transcribe. I had her on Australian English and my latest update put her back to US English and she started transcribing again. Just noticed the change and put her back to Aussie - hoping that still works!

I don’t want my voicemail’s accessed in this way.

No one is accessing your visual voicemails other than you. Transcripts are generated on the device and are not accessible elsewhere, other to directly to Apple — if you explicitly permit it for the purpose of improving speech recognition and transcription accuracy, and your consent must be granted for every transcript. For example, if the transcript contains information the caller might not want Apple to have, then don't grant your consent.

When will there be a way to disable this feature?

None of your fellow Apple product users on this site can answer that question. If you would like to ask Apple, ask Apple. They won't answer that question either, but if you would like to contact Apple anyway then Contact Apple.

FYI Live Voicemail ≠ Visual Voicemail

Live Voicemail is the service introduced with iOS 17 that transcribes speech in real time. Visual Voicemail is the transcription service you asked to disable.

Use Live Voicemail on your iPhone - Apple Support

This solution to disable visual voicemail from iOS 18.1 does not work on my iPhone. Is there another solution? Apple needs to stay out of changing iPhone features and just focus on security and fixing bugs!!

Even if you toggle "off" you will still receive a voicemail to text message notification with transcript on phone's locked screen. Why would Apple not have an easy solution to turn this option off so people can't just tap your locked screen and read your voicemail like I just did??

I’ve spoken to two Apple advisors and they didn’t have the answer. We went through several “try this” features and nothing worked. This is a huge problem for me. My Doctors are leaving personal medical details on VM and everyone around me can see the transcription on my locked phone. This needs to be escalated to an urgent fix.

Has anyone come up with a solution that works? I have been able to turn off the live transcription, but i still get a text message on my home screen with the message that literally ANYONE who picks up my phone can see. Like someone else mentioned, I don’t want anyone seeing my private messages. This is a huge privacy violation and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a possible HIPA violation. Apple needs to fix this

Yeah, I said in a later post (which seems to have disappeared) that it doesn't work anymore. I've tried several English versions. Nada. Really irritating. You'd think with all the complaining Apple would fix it - I wonder why they haven't, and aren't even responding to the multitude of requests.

agreed, depending on how you have your notification settings you could read a confidential voicemail that's been transcribed to your lock screen, i know because it happened to me and i've since changed / turned off related notifications...

as others have noted this is a fix that needs to be escalated to urgent!!

too bad apple doesn't read the product feedback messages... (or maybe they do and just don't care(?).., just sayin'...)

rogill wrote:

I agree as I am getting a bit fed with Apples “changes for changes sake” as they rarely tell you all that’s new when a new update comes out. You just suddenly find something has changed.

What’s new in iOS 18 - Apple Support

About iOS 18 Updates - Apple Support

About iOS 17 Updates - Apple Support

About iOS 16 Updates - Apple Support

About iOS 15 Updates - Apple Support

About iOS 14 Updates - Apple Support

About iOS 13 Updates - Apple Support

About iOS 12 Updates - Apple Support

About iOS 11 Updates - Apple Support

About iOS 10 Updates - Apple Support

About iOS 9 Updates - Apple Support

... etc

Thank you SO much

this 'fix' doesn't work on either of my phones...

doesn't work now and never has on either of my phones...