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Make sure you have your Mac's microphone selected, then open up TextEdit and create a new document:Īctivate the dictation shortcut (e.g. You'll use that to activate dictation later. 'press dictation key' or 'press control twice'. Turn on Dictation, and when prompted, accept the terms for Apple's Dictation service. These instructions were last updated for macOS Monterey 12.4.įirst, open up System Preferences, go to Keyboard, then the 'Dictation' tab: Since this is happening on your local Mac, the speed is also much better than the internet based transcription.You can use the Dictation feature built into your Mac to transcribe audio files, and in my experience, it's been about 98-99% accurate, so it saves a lot of time if you want to index your audio files, or you need a transcript for some other purpose. When you select this option on your Mac as shown in Step 3, all dictation transcription happens locally on your mac and no information is send to Apple Servers on the internet. Language packs are often quite large–running around 1 GB per language. Selecting the Use Enhanced Dictation checkbox downloads your local language and dialect etc and makes it available on your Mac. The Enhanced Dictation option that relies on locally stored assets to perfom the transcription. Apple never uses this information beyond improving the server based dictation service. The server based dictation in macOS also sends other user information such as your address book contacts etc to provide more accurate transcription. This round trip between your Mac and Apple servers causes a delay in the transcription of a few seconds.

By default, the system actually sends the spoken audio to Apple Servers across the internet. It is important that you understand the default behaviour of this feature. The macOS or OSX Dictation feature supports a variety of languages including English, Spanish, and many others. Take your dictation and workflow to new levels using applescript and automator T And ask your Mac to play your favorite tune. Apple provides a list of pre-made workflows to explore. As an example, look at the ones for controllingiTunes. Set the command to work in all apps or a specific one, then click the pop-up next to perform and select Run workflow. Next, Click on  > System Preferences > Accessibility and scroll down on the left pane and choose Dictation.Ĭheck mark “Enable Advanced Commands,” and your Mac starts downloading the dialects into your local machine.ĭefine a custom phrase that when spoken, order a sequence of actions on your Mac. On the next screen, please enable your Dictation feature. Setting Up Your Advanced Dictation Feature Advanced Dictation Feature Step – 1įirst Turn on the Dictation feature on your Mac by going to ->System Preferences -> Dictation and Speech