If you don’t like this particular hotkey and tend to press it accidentally, clicking Shortcut displays a menu listing several variations and a Customize option that enables your choose your own key combo. There is a simple On/Off control and after setting it to On, you can enable dictation at any time and in any app by tapping the Fn (function) key twice. Click Keyboard and then click the Dictation tab. There used to be a separate Dictation & Speech item, but now it is part of Keyboard. Enable dictation in macOSĭictation is not set up by default, so go to the Apple menu in the top left corner of the screen and select System Preferences. If you have not tried this feature, you should, because it could completely change the way that you work with your computer. You should make more of this great feature.Īlmost everywhere you can type in text on the Mac, in apps like word processors, Notes, Reminders, and others, you also have the ability to dictate by talking into the Apple Mac’s built in microphone. It is really hard for even an expert touch typist to keep up with someone speaking, so why type when you can talk? Dictation and speech recognition is built in to macOS and it is very easy to use. Most people will find that even speaking slowly is much faster than they can type. So why don't you dictate more on your Apple Mac instead of typing? It saves time and effort. How fast can you type? How fast can you speak? There is no contest and speech wins every time.
