Click “Enable Dictation” to proceed, and…
If yours isn’t enabled, click “On” to enable it, then approve the service also sending personalized data to Apple’s central voice processing facility: First jump into System Settings (off the Apple menu on the top left), then choose Keyboard, then the “ Dictation” tab:Īs you can see, mine is already enabled. Then look for “Start Dictation” on the Edit menu:ĭictation not showing up or not available to choose? No worries, there’s a bit of setup involved, however, so you’ll need to authorize your Mac system to send not just the audio waveforms of what you’ve said but also some additional data for its remote analysis. To use it on your MacBook Air, for example, jump into TextEdit - though it works with any app once it’s enabled - and create a new document. It just listens and converts your words into text. It just doesn’t have a personality (or should I say “personality” with quotes?) and won’t chat with you. But Siri on the Mac? Actually, it’s part of MacOS X and you can enable it and request all the usual things, timers, weather, music, etc.Įven better, the system that sends your voicewaves up to Apple’s centralized processing system and returns text is indeed available on Mac systems as well as the millions of iOS devices out there.
In fact, from what I’ve seen of the service, it seems to work better with lower tones so my deep voice is perfect. I’m also a big fan of the voice dictation on Siri and when I’m in a quiet enough environment, I’m always impressed at how well it interprets what I say.
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