Fact · Dictation on Mac
15language variants
Of the 63 language and regional variants Apple lists for Mac Dictation, 15 are not on its on-device and modeless list.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
- What it measures
- Apple's Sonoma 14 Dictation guide says that a language without on-device support is sent to Apple to process. Apple's current list does not say where these 15 variants are processed, so the count is the variants without on-device support, not a verified server list.
- How it is calculated
- 63 - 48 = 15
- What it does not show
- A count from two lists on Apple's feature availability page as of October 2026. It is not a list of where each variant runs, and Apple updates the lists with each release.