Fact · Dictation on Mac
In the macOS Ventura 13 Dictation guide, you can insert emoji using your voice while dictating, with names such as heart emoji.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“you can insert emoji using your voice while dictating”
Dictate messages and documents on Mac (Mac User Guide, macOS Ventura 13), Apple, n.d., Paragraph on inserting emoji.
Open the original- What it measures
- The sentence in the guide begins 'On a Mac with Apple silicon', so the page limits spoken emoji to Apple silicon Macs.
- What it does not show
- Ventura's page is the earliest Apple Dictation page we found that describes spoken emoji. Monterey and Big Sur do not mention emoji.