Official documentation
Dictate your messages and documents (Mac Help for macOS High Sierra 10.13)
Apple, Apple Support, n.d.
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- Apple's Mac Help page for Dictation on macOS High Sierra 10.13, the version that still says the Fn key starts Dictation by default. It is an older edition of the same help article as the current Dictation page.
- How much weight it carries
- Official Apple documentation, but for an old macOS release. Use it to show the historical default only. Current menus and presets are on the current Dictation page, and the default is not stated there.
Facts taken from this source
- In Apple's Mac Help for macOS High Sierra 10.13, the default Dictation shortcut is pressing the Fn key twice to start or stop dictation.
“By default, you press the Fn (Function) key twice to start or stop dictation.” (Section 'Set a different dictation keyboard shortcut')