diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/dialpad/DigitsEditText.java b/src/com/android/contacts/dialpad/DigitsEditText.java
index 580a44a..983b7db 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/dialpad/DigitsEditText.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/dialpad/DigitsEditText.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import android.text.InputType;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
 import android.widget.EditText;
 
@@ -54,4 +55,14 @@
         }
         return ret;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void sendAccessibilityEventUnchecked(AccessibilityEvent event) {
+        if (event.getEventType() == AccessibilityEvent.TYPE_VIEW_TEXT_CHANGED) {
+            // AsYouTypeFormatter frequently replaces digits with formatted ones, which makes
+            // tts too verbose. Let's ignore the whole event.
+            return;
+        }
+        super.sendAccessibilityEventUnchecked(event);
+    }
 }
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