Therefore, you can only dictate a sentence or two at a time, since it has to be sent to the Apple servers for “translation” and then sent back as text. If you are using OSX 10.7 Lion or OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion, you need to be connected to the Internet for dictation to work. Click on the Done button when you are finished.
After you hear the sound effect, you can begin dictating. When you press Fn – Fn, you will see a small microphone appear and hear a ding-ding sound effect. If you like, you can change this trigger to one of the Command keys, or a customized option. If you have an extended keyboard with a numerical keypad, you can find the “Fn” key in the middle zone. On short Apple keyboards, this key is in the bottom left corner.
The default is to press the “Fn” or function key twice. To activate the dictation feature, you will have to use the shortcut defined in the System Preferences window. If your computer does not have an internal mic, then you will have to attach an external microphone to your computer. Look for the bouncing purple-textured microphone on the left to confirm that your internal microphone is working. Once you click the On radio button next to Dictation, you’re ready to go. Most people do not believe me when I first say this in my Mac training classes, so I have to repeat myself: ANYWHERE YOU CAN TYPE! This means emails, Messages, Pages, Word, even in a Google search.ĭictation is turned off by default, so you have to get it started by going into your System Preferences and clicking the Dictation and Speech button.
Using dictation, you can literately dictate anywhere you can type. It’s a new technology and has some kinks to work out, but all in all, I think it’s a great addition to OSX. Read more at Microsoft here.Of all the new features that Apple has introduced lately, Dictation is one of my favorites. The Dictate feature is currently available to Beta Channel users. To use Dictate, users will need a stable internet connection and a working microphone, and must have version 16.68 (Build 22121100) or later of OneNote for Mac. However, not all voice commands available in OneNote on the web or in Word will be available on the Mac version, and some languages may have lower accuracy or limited punctuation support. The dictation can be paused or stopped by saying “pause dictation” or “stop dictation,” or by clicking the corresponding button on the Dictation toolbar.ĭictate also offers the option to enable auto-punctuation for users who prefer not to speak punctuation marks. To use the feature, users can click the Dictate button on the Home tab and start speaking to create notes. Microsoft’s Office Voice team has announced that the popular Dictate feature in OneNote for Windows will soon be available on the Mac version of the application.ĭictate allows users to add, format, edit, and organize text using artificial intelligence-backed voice commands in more than 50 languages.
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