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Taking pictures hands-free on your smartphone became easier through voice-controlled features by which your speech can travel faster than your hands can move.

QUICK ANSWER To use voice-to-text on Android, open the keyboard in your chat or text app and tap the microphone icon. Start speaking, and the phone will type out what you say.

On the iPhone, Siri can open the Camera app but won’t actually take a photo. To enable voice controlled capture, open Settings and choose Accessibility > Voice Control, then turn the feature on.