How can I stop or pause spoken text playback with Siri? While listening to a book or article using the Speak Screen function, there is no handsfree way to make it stop. If you take out the AirPods, Siri keeps reading the content out loud from the phone.
Is there anything I can tell Siri to cease the spoken playback so that I am not required to dig my phone out of my pocket in order to listen to the outside world?
I've tried telling Siri things like &quot;stop reading&quot; and even &quot;shut up&quot;, but right after Siri stops listening, the spoken text continues and can be distracting/disruptive when listening to the outside world matters.
My best &quot;solution&quot; so far is just pressing the volume button down all the way, but of course I will lose my spot in the book.
A partial solution is to tell Siri to &quot;mute everything.&quot;
This will mute, but not stop the spoken playback, so you'll have to find your place again.