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Dictating on a Mac, plainly.
Short, practical answers to what people ask about talking instead of typing.
How to dictate on a Mac
Turn on Dictation in macOS, set or change the shortcut, speak punctuation and emoji, and dictate offline. Plus how hold-to-talk dictation apps differ.
Read the guideHow to dictate on Windows
Voice typing in Windows: the Windows + H shortcut, punctuation and corrections by voice, its settings, and how hold-to-talk dictation apps differ.
Read the guideMac dictation not working
Dictation won't start, stops early or types the wrong words? Check the shortcut, the microphone, Voice Control, the language and your settings, step by step.
Read the guideDictating AI prompts
Speak your prompts instead of typing them. How to dictate into ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor on a Mac, with the ums gone and code symbols written out.
Read the guideDictating emails
Dictate emails in Apple Mail, Gmail or Outlook on a Mac: greeting, paragraphs and sign-off in place, ums gone. The built-in way and the faster one.
Read the guideWhich dictation app?
Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, MacWhisper, Apple Dictation and the rest, side by side.
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