Fact · Dictation on Mac
20language variants
Apple lists 20 language and regional variants for Voice Control on the Mac, about a third of the number for Dictation.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Accessibility: Voice Control Arabic (Saudi Arabia) Cantonese (China mainland) Cantonese (Hong Kong) English (Australia) English (Canada)”
macOS Feature Availability, Apple, Apple, 2026, Accessibility: Voice Control section (count of listed entries).
Open the original- What it measures
- Counted from the list as of October 2026.
- What it does not show
- Variants, not distinct languages.
Source
Used to calculate
- Apple's feature availability list gives Mac Dictation 63 language and regional variants and Voice Control 20, so Dictation has about 3.15 times as many.
- Voice Control on the Mac covers 43 fewer language and regional variants than Dictation on the Mac.
- The Voice Control list has about 32 percent as many variants as the main Dictation list.
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