Fact · Dictation on Mac
In the macOS Ventura 13 Dictation guide, Dictation automatically inserts commas, periods and question marks as you dictate.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Dictation automatically inserts commas, periods, and question marks for you as you dictate.”
Dictate messages and documents on Mac (Mac User Guide, macOS Ventura 13), Apple, n.d., Note under the dictation steps.
Open the original- What it measures
- This is the first Apple Dictation page in our comparison that describes automatic punctuation. The page says you can turn it off in Keyboard settings.
- What it does not show
- The guide describes Ventura only. We did not find an Apple page that gives the exact release where this began, so the comparison places it no earlier than Ventura's page.