Official documentation

View a Voice Memos transcription on Mac (macOS Sequoia version of the page)

Apple, Apple Support, Voice Memos User Guide, macOS Sequoia 15 version, 2026

Read on October 16, 2026

What it is: The macOS Sequoia 15 version of Apple's help page on viewing Voice Memos transcripts on a Mac. It states the hardware and software requirement for transcription, which the macOS Tahoe 26 version of the same page does not state in the text we read.
How much weight it carries: Official Apple documentation, read on 2026-10-16 through the UK version selector. The Tahoe 26 version of the page, which we also read, gives no hardware requirement, so the Sequoia wording is the one to check if your Mac runs an older release.

Facts taken from this source

Apple says that with macOS Sequoia and a Mac with Apple silicon, speech in audio recordings can be recognised and transcribed to text in Voice Memos.
“With macOS Sequoia and a Mac with Apple silicon ... speech in your audio recordings can be recognised and transcribed to text in Voice Memos” (Introduction of View a Voice Memos transcription on Mac, Sequoia 15 version)