Why can't I answer a call with speaker on?

iPhone 6; iOS 8.1.
Generally when I'm at home I want to answer calls with the speaker on, but I don't see any way to do this [see note below]. Instead, I have to slide to answer, wait 1-3 seconds for the audio button to appear (bluetooth is enabled), and then touch "Speaker". In the interval, the caller hears nothing while perhaps saying, "Hello? Hello?". So if I want to converse with speaker on, I have to say, "Hold on" first, touch Audio and then Speaker.
Note: I generally do NOT want to answer with speaker on when I'm away from home. There is a setting that I could theoretically use when departing and when returning home. The setting requires: touch Settings, touch General, touch Accessibility, scroll down, touch Call Audio Routing, and touch either Automatic (when leaving home), or Speaker (when returning).  That is not only too onerous, but I'm likely to forget to do it anyway.
Am I overlooking a way to answer with speaker on? If not, wouldn't it be easy enough for Apple to put an appropriate button to do this on the incoming-call screen?

Thank you for the info and links. I never actually read anything from Apple about Hebrew not being supported. Since I was able to use other languages, of seemingly greater complexity, I assumed that Hebrew would work. The patch I was speaking of (that makes Hebrew song titles, etc readable) is actually not a hack. It was developed by a student in an Israeli university and purchased by Apples regional distributor (Yeda Inc., Apple's Israeli distributor). The software is called iPodHE.
If you would like to read more about this:
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1328&enPage=BlankPage& enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Culture
The "iPodHE" web site is:
http://yeda.co.il/iPodHE/downloadsuccess.html
Here is a link to installation instructions in english:
http://www.yakv.net/nextcantor/2006/09/03/getting-hebrew-on-your-ipod-a-guide-fo r-the-english-speaking-mac-user/
I did read somewhere that they are working with Apple to resolve a conflict with the latest version of iTunes and iPodHE v2.0.
Maybe this will be useful to someone.
Thanks again for your help.

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