Fact · Dictation
On a Mac running macOS 27, Dictation is turned on in System Settings: choose Keyboard in the sidebar, go to Dictation, turn it on and click Enable.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Keyboard in the sidebar. ... Go to Dictation, then turn it on or off. If you turned on Dictation, click Enable.”
Use Dictation on Mac (Mac Help), Apple Support, n.d., Turn Dictation on or off.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's Mac User Guide for macOS 27. The same Dictation section of Keyboard settings also holds the language, microphone source, shortcut and auto-punctuation options.
- What it does not show
- Menu names are those of macOS 27; older versions of macOS used System Preferences instead of System Settings.
Source
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