If I want to talk to Siri, I can use my Apple Watch, HomePod, or my iPhone where I leave it disabled. This naturally includes my Macs, but also my iPad Pro. I personally find Type to Siri to be an extremely useful feature on devices that usually have a keyboard attached. This works the same way as on iOS and iPadOS - when you trigger Siri, instead of the animation to indicate that Siri is listening, you see a text box to type your input. Find the Accessibility pane and scroll down to Siri. Before you can use voice control, you need to set up your mobile phone for internet and turn on Siri. You can call contacts from the address book, dictate messages and search the internet.
One way to do this is by going through the Settings app on your device.
You can enable the same feature on a Mac in System Preferences. You can control many of the phone functions with your voice. There are two different ways to change Siri’s voice and accent on your iPhone. Now when you summon Siri, instead of it listening for feedback it will bring up a keyboard prompt for you. On your iPhone or iPad, go to the Settings app and tap Accessibility and scroll down to find Siri in the General section. Always see the response from Siri onscreen: Tap Siri Responses, then turn on Always Show Siri Captions. Toggle the button next to Listen for Hey Siri until it is green-colored. Open the Settings app on your iPad or iPhone Touch Accessibility Press. You can change the voice by following these steps: iOS 13 or newer. So if you have Siri selected as your default voice, you may hear a rather unpleasant male voice in your apps. On the Settings screen, scroll down to find Siri & Search, then tap it. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t allow app developers to use the Siri voices in their apps. Change when Siri provides voice responses: Tap Siri Responses, then choose an option below Spoken Responses. For example, Hey Siri, set me alarm at 4 pm or Hey Siri, play music on Apple Music. Thankfully, Apple has thought ahead and allows you to change the voice assistant into a keyboard assistant! Change the voice for Siri: (not available in all languages) Tap Siri Voice, then choose a different variety or voice. It might be as minor as having a sore throat or a day of meetings, or it could be a disability.
Siri is a very useful personal assistant, but there are times when we don’t want to or aren’t able to talk.