Fact · Dictation on Mac
Apple says that the Voice Memos app on a Mac can recognize and transcribe the speech in audio recordings.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Speech in your audio recordings can be recognized and transcribed to text in Voice Memos.”
View a Voice Memos transcription on Mac, Apple, Apple Support, Voice Memos User Guide, 2026, Introduction of View a Voice Memos transcription on Mac.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's Voice Memos User Guide, read on 2026-10-16.
- What it does not show
- This is transcription of a finished recording, not dictation into a document. Apple's page does not list required macOS versions.
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