Fact · Dictation on Mac
1000vocabulary terms
Voice Control on a Mac accepts up to 1,000 custom vocabulary terms, and you can record how each is pronounced.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“You can add up to 1000 vocabulary terms and teach Voice Control how to say them.”
Use a custom vocabulary with Voice Control on Mac, Apple, Apple Support (Mac User Guide), 2026, Add individual vocabulary terms.
Open the original- What it measures
- Standard Dictation has no custom vocabulary; this is the closest built-in way to teach a Mac specialist words such as drug names or product codes.
- What it does not show
- Only in Voice Control languages that support a custom vocabulary.
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