Richard,
Thank you so much for doing this research for me and it's very impressive! Your question at the end is the most permanently, I would like Siri to stay on the screen until I dismiss it or at least to be able to toggle that functionality. sometimes I pronounce a word, when in fact I don't know how to spell it, and Siri does that for me, if I have to type it in I'm already typing in my typos… really really, although Siri was already getting a bit quick at flitting off, it was durable before this update, now it's just too quick for me, perhaps this is just tempus fugetting…
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On Sep 17, 2025, at 4:34 p.m., 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote:


Sandy, this is ChatGPT's response to how to keep Siri responses on the screen longer:

On an iPhone, Siri’s responses usually disappear after a short while to keep the screen clear, and unfortunately, there isn’t a built-in setting to make them stay up longer. But there are a few workarounds depending on what you want:


1. Type to Siri


  • Go to Settings > Accessibility > Siri and turn on Type to Siri.
  • This makes Siri show responses as text on the screen that stay visible until you dismiss them.



2. Ask Siri to “Show me” instead of “Tell me”


  • For some queries (like sports scores, weather, reminders, calendar events, etc.), Siri will bring up a card that stays on the screen instead of just a temporary bubble.



3. Use Siri Results in Spotlight


  • If you swipe down on the Home Screen and type your query in Spotlight, you’ll often get the same answers Siri would give, but the results stay until you swipe away.



4. Accessibility Shortcut (Voice Control or Speak Screen)


  • With Voice Control or Speak Screen, you can have Siri’s spoken responses read aloud while also keeping the on-screen text longer (especially with Type to Siri).



5. Third-Party Workaround


  • If you need persistent Siri logs, apps like Shortcuts can capture Siri results into Notes or Reminders so you can keep them around.



👉 There isn’t a toggle like “Keep Siri on screen longer”, but the Type to Siri option is usually the best solution if you want to see responses in writing until you dismiss them.


Do you mostly want Siri’s spoken answers to stay visible, or just the text results?





Richard, USA

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(sent from my iPhone 16 pro) 


On Sep 16, 2025, at 11:36 PM, 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote:

hi Siegard,
Thanks for testing it out. For me the issue is one of time. I can find the words and I can read them letter by letter, and they are pronounced in Italian too! But I've got literally about five seconds to do it in and it's gone. Sometimes I'm looking at a very complicated word which might have multiple Gs in an H and an eye or not as a case maybe, I want to be able to look at it so what I need to do is have some kind of control over the time that series is there. For me, the best solution will Be, while I am working with Siri i.e. flicking listening et cetera, it stays on the screen and if I do nothing with it for a few seconds then it goes, in fact, I think this for the lock screen as well when you unlock the screen, and you've got notifications, the thing turns off before it has a chance to read them all! I do think this is a I don't know, maybe not a bug so much is it a bad design maybe it works if you're using Siri as a visual user, but with VoiceOver, not only do we have to find where he is, we also have to use the rotor to access, for example, each letter, where is recite you could just see them! It's the same old problem a bit like with catchers, we do take longer and this isn't allowing for it, so I think m my final conclusion is this is a bug which affects VoiceOver users.
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On Sep 16, 2025, at 11:06 p.m., Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:

I just asked "What is the Italian word for tree and it came back with albero.
For me I could find this on the screen by touching the screen somewhere in the middle and it stayed on screen, I could turn the rotor to word and character and review it and swiping down on either English or Italian had
A "play" option and if I double tapped it, it would say "tree" on the English and "Albero" on the Italian.
Not sure why this doesn't work for you.

-----Original Message-----
From: 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 1:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: after the update, Siri is disappearing too quickly!

I think it was something like:
"what is the Italian word for sponge?"
I have done this 1 million times before, and it works fine I can find the text because I'm looking for the spelling not just the word. The word is said in Italian but isn't always clear to my ears.
Sent from The dark side of the moon

On Sep 16, 2025, at 9:07 p.m., Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:

Can you give an example of exactly what you ask, was going to try it out on my 16 Pro.

-----Original Message-----
From: 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 2:24 AM
To: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone <[email protected]>
Subject: after the update, Siri is disappearing too quickly!

hi,
I just updated and I'm looking at differences on the phone, I've got a 16 pro. when I evoke Siri, using the side button held down till I hear the sound, I asked my little question, Siri answers it, I then want to check the spelling, because I'm asking for Italian words, and it disappears before I can get there. Is there anything in settings that can lengthen series stay on the screen? Thanks, Sandy and ZIO her uncle Sent from The dark side of the moon

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