Fact · Languages and accents
Apple's on-device Dictation list for the Mac includes Portuguese (Brazil), but not Portuguese (Portugal).
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Norwegian Bokmål (Norway) Portuguese (Brazil) Russian (Russia) Spanish (Chile)”
macOS Feature Availability, Apple, Apple, 2026, Dictation: On-Device and Modeless Dictation.
Open the original- What it measures
- On-device Dictation needs a Mac with Apple silicon and a download of speech models.
- What it does not show
- The on-device list is shorter than the main list. Check it before you rely on on-device recognition for a language.