Fact · Languages and accents
Apple's French Mac help says that Dictée, the French name for Dictation, adds some punctuation marks automatically as you dictate in supported languages.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Dictée ajoute également certains signes de ponctuation automatiquement pendant que vous dictez.”
Commandes pour dicter du texte sur Mac, Apple Inc. (Aide Mac, French), 2026, Commands introduction (French).
Open the original- What it measures
- The sentence sits above the French command table on the page.
- What it does not show
- The page does not list which marks are added automatically in French or which French variants support it.