Fact · Dictation on Mac
Apple's on-device Dictation list for the Mac includes Mandarin Chinese (China mainland).
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Malay (Malaysia) Mandarin Chinese (China mainland) Norwegian Bokmål (Norway) Portuguese (Brazil)”
macOS Feature Availability, Apple, Apple, 2026, Dictation: On-Device and Modeless Dictation.
Open the original- What it measures
- Mandarin (Taiwan) is not on this list.
- What it does not show
- On-device Dictation needs Apple silicon and a download of speech models.