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VocaMac's home page says its Apple Speech engine has roughly 30 locales, on macOS 26 and later.

Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 25, 2026

In the source's own words

“Model Engine Download Note ... Apple Speech Apple Speech Managed by macOS macOS 26+ system engine (SpeechAnalyzer). Roughly 30 locales.”

VocaMac: native voice typing for macOS, VocaHQ, VocaHQ, 2026, Home page, table: Additional engines and models available in v1.2.0.

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What it measures
The engine table on VocaMac's home page, which lists each engine's model, engine, download size and note. VocaMac's privacy policy says its audio is transcribed by a speech model on the user's own computer, so the count applies to on-device use.
What it does not show
The page gives a count, not a list of which languages work best. The same page says to check the release notes for language and macOS requirements, so the count can change between releases.

In the data

A row of How Many Languages Speech Recognition Supports, as VocaMac, Apple Speech: 30 languages.

System
VocaMac: Apple Speech
Maker
VocaHQ
Kind
Dictation app
What is counted
Languages and regional variants
On device
Yes
As of
2026-10
Note
The page says roughly 30 locales, so 30 is an approximate figure, and it counts locales (language and region pairs), not languages.

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