Fact · Dictation on Mac
Guiding Tech describes corespeechd, the process its Dictation guide asks readers to stop, as a system process on the Mac that takes care of voice recognition.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“This is a system process on your Mac that takes care of voice recognition.”
How to Fix Dictation Not Working on Mac, Guiding Tech, 2026, Fix 2: Kill Corespeechd Process Using Terminal.
Open the original- What it measures
- The guide offers this process as a Terminal fix for Dictation that will not work, and it is one of the advanced steps on the page.
- What it does not show
- The guide's description is brief and does not cite Apple. Apple does not document corespeechd as a user-facing setting.