Official documentation
Mountain Lion Available Today From the Mac App Store
Apple, Apple Newsroom, 2012
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- What it is
- Apple's July 25, 2012 press release for the release of OS X Mountain Lion, the first Mac release with system-wide Dictation.
- How much weight it carries
- Primary source for the release date and the feature list. Marketing language; it does not describe how Dictation was processed.
Facts taken from this source
- System-wide Dictation came to the Mac with OS X Mountain Lion, released on July 25, 2012, and could type anywhere you could type.
“Dictation, which allows you to dictate text anywhere you can type, whether you're using an app from Apple or a third party developer” (Press release dated July 25, 2012)