COMMENTS

  1. Dictate messages and documents on Mac

    In an app on your Mac, place the insertion point where you want the dictated text to appear. Press if available in the row of function keys, use the Dictation keyboard shortcut, or choose Edit > Start Dictation. Note: Press and release to start Dictation; press and hold to activate Siri (Siri must be enabled).

  2. How To Enable The Speech To Text Mac Shortcut In macOS

    Click on the Dictation sub menu. Turn on Dictation. If you're asked if you want to improve Siri and Dictation, click Not Now. Choose a Language. To dictate using another language besides English, click the Language pop-up menu, then choose a language and dialect. Apple > System Preferences > Keyboard > Dictation > On.

  3. Commands for dictating text on Mac

    Commands for dictating text on Mac. When you dictate text, you can use commands for emoji, punctuation, formatting, and capitalization, and symbols for math, currency, emoticons, and intellectual property. The commands listed below are always available while you're dictating text. Additionally, in some languages you can insert emoji using ...

  4. How to transcribe audio to text using Dictation on a Mac

    You'll use that to activate dictation later. Make sure you have your Mac's microphone selected, then open up TextEdit and create a new document: Activate the dictation shortcut (e.g. press the dictation key), then start playing back your audio file through your Mac's speakers. The mic should pick up the audio and start transcribing live into ...

  5. Dictation on Mac: How to Use Voice-to-Text Typing

    Here's how -. 1. Head over to the System Preferences, and select Keyboard. 2. In the Keyboard settings tab, tap on Dictation and select the On radio button next to Dictation. Once enabled, you ...

  6. How to Use Dictation in macOS: A Comprehensive Resource

    From your Mac, go to Apple > System Settings from the menu bar. Scroll down to the bottom and select Keyboard from the sidebar. On the right, select Dictation and ensure it is enabled. You may be ...

  7. How to Dictate on a Mac so It Types Out Your Speech

    How to set up dictation on a Mac. 1. Click the Apple logo in the top-left toolbar, then choose "System Preferences." 2. Select "Keyboard." Click on Keyboard in System Preferences. Devon Delfino ...

  8. Use dictation to enter text in Pages on Mac

    Place the insertion point where you want to begin dictating, or select the text you want to replace (to select placeholder text, click it). Choose Edit > Start Dictation (from the Edit menu at the top of your screen). If you haven't used dictation before, follow the guided setup instructions that appear.

  9. How to use dictation on your Mac

    Click Enable Dictation. The default keyboard shortcut to begin dictating is to press your Mac's fn key twice. If you aren't using an Apple keyboard with an f* key, make note of or choose a ...

  10. How to Use Dictation on a Mac for Voice-to-Text Typing

    Double-press the Fn button to start dictating on your Mac. You should see a microphone icon appear or hear a macOS confirmation tone. If this is your first time using Dictation, click OK in the popup window to confirm you want to use it. After activating Dictation, start saying what you want to type to see it appear on screen.

  11. MacBook tips: How to use speech-to-text to dictate in macOS

    6) Click Enable Dictation to allow Apple to use the recording. 7) In any document processor, click the Dictate icon and start speaking. 8) To change the default language, click the down arrow to ...

  12. Why use dictation on Mac and how to do it

    It saves time: dictation can be twice as fast as typing. It lets you multitask: use speech-to-text Mac to write up emails or chat messages hands-free. It gives you a chance to formulate your ideas while talking through them, which is sometimes easier than writing.

  13. Use Voice Dictation To Speak To Your Mac

    Click the Apple menu at the top of your screen and select System Preferences. Click the Dictation & Speech icon in the System Preferences pane and ensure Dictation is set to On. Enable the Enhanced Dictation option and your Mac will download the appropriate dictionary from Apple's servers. It will then be able to interpret your voice offline.

  14. Dictate Your Messages Using This Mac Keyboard Shortcut

    Just place your cursor where you want to enter text (it'll work in any app where you can type), double-tap the Fn key, and start talking. The microphone icon will pop up to let you know that ...

  15. Dictation on Mac: your ultimate guide to effortless voice input

    With Mac dictation, you can enjoy the convenience of using voice commands to control your device and input text directly into text fields, new paragraphs, and more. Plus, it's all tied to familiar Mac functions like the return key and capitalization shortcuts, making it a natural extension of your OS X experience.

  16. How to Dictate on Mac: Control Your Mac With Voice Commands

    Place a check mark in the Enable dictation keyword phrase box. In the text field, just below the box, enter a word you want to use to alert your Mac that a voice command is about to be spoken. This can be as simple as the suggested default Computer or the name you gave your Mac. Click the Dictation Commands button.

  17. How to use Dictation on macOS Ventura

    In an app on your Mac, click where you would like to insert your text. Turn on dictation by either pressing the dictation button on your keyboard or clicking Start Dictation under the Edit menu ...

  18. How to Dictate on Mac to Fulfill Voice-to-Text?

    Locate a spot in the document where you want to add text by clicking on it. Step 2. Press the keyboard shortcut you set up in System Preferences… to run dictation. Or, you can move to the File option at the top-left corner and choose Start Dictation. Step 3. A feedback window will soon pop up with a microphone icon.

  19. Have your Mac speak text that's on the screen

    By default, your Mac speaks text when you press the keyboard shortcut Option-Esc. To set a different keyboard shortcut and change other settings, click the Info button next to "Speak selection": Keyboard Shortcut: Press the key combination you want to use. For example, press the Option and Tab keys together to set the keyboard shortcut as ...

  20. How to use text to speech on MacBook and text to speech Mac shortcuts

    Text to speech Mac shortcuts. Starting a text to speech app is quite simple—and if you use keyboard shortcuts, the process is even quicker. Follow these steps to turn on text to speech MacBook shortcuts: Head over to the Apple menu or Dock, and open System Preferences. A new window will open up. Click the Accessibility section in the new window.

  21. How to Speak Selected Text with a Keystroke in Mac OS X

    Check the box next to "Speak selected text when the key is pressed". Once this is enabled, select any text then hit Option+Escape to speak the text in the system voice. To speak all text, hit Command+A to select all, followed by the Option+Escape keyboard shortcut, and all words will be spoken using the Mac text-to-speech feature that's ...

  22. How to Do Text to Speech on Mac

    Enabling Speak Selection. First, access your Mac's System Settings and click on 'Accessibility' in the sidebar. Within the Accessibility settings, select 'Spoken Content'. Turn on the 'Speak selection' option. This feature allows your Mac to read out selected text or, in its absence, any text items in the current window, such as an email in Mail.

  23. Guide to accessibility tools

    Use keyboard shortcuts (e.g., Ctrl + Alt + Arrow keys) to navigate through content. Listen to web content being read aloud and navigate using keyboard commands. Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader. Description: Read Aloud converts webpage text to audio, making it easier for users with visual impairments or reading difficulties to access ...

  24. ChatGPT for Mac is now available to all

    The ChatGPT desktop app for macOS is now available for all users. Get faster access to ChatGPT to chat about email, screenshots, and anything on your screen with the Option + Space shortcut: https ...

  25. ChatGPT Mac App Stored User Chats in Plain Text Prior to ...

    OpenAI has issued an update to its ChatGPT app for Mac, after a developer discovered the app was locally storing users' conversations with the chatbot in plain text.. Pedro José Pereira Vieito ...

  26. Use Voice Control on your Mac

    To move around and select text, you can use commands like "Move up two sentences" or "Move forward one paragraph" or "Select previous word" or "Select next paragraph." To format text, try "Bold that" or "Capitalize that," for example. Say "numeral" to format your next phrase as a number.

  27. OpenAI's ChatGPT for Mac app is now available to everyone

    The app was built to be native to the Mac and offers an easy keyboard shortcut to launch it from anywhere (Option + Space). The ChatGPT app for macOS lets you easily interact with the chatbot. You ...