Apple lists 33 language and regional variants in which Mac Dictation adds punctuation automatically.

Checked against its source on October 16, 2026

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“Dictation: Auto-Punctuation Cantonese (China mainland) Cantonese (Taiwan) Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Dutch (Belgium) Dutch (Netherlands)”

macOS Feature Availability, Apple, Apple, 2026, Dictation: Auto-Punctuation section (count of listed entries).

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What it measures: Counted from the list as of October 2026.
What it does not show: Variants, not distinct languages.

Source

macOS Feature AvailabilityOfficial documentation · Apple, Apple, 2026

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Apple's Mac Dictation list has 18 language variants with automatic punctuation outside English and Spanish.
About 52 percent of the Mac Dictation language variants have automatic punctuation.

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