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How to set up continuous OS X Mavericks dictation
Steven Sande, Engadget (TUAW), 2014
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- What it is
- A 2014 how-to article from TUAW, republished on Engadget, describing the Enhanced Dictation option in OS X Mavericks that removed the 30-second limit and allowed offline dictation.
- How much weight it carries
- Contemporary tech journalism written while Mavericks was current. Apple's own Mavericks-era support page is no longer online, so this is a secondary source for a historical feature.
Facts taken from this source
- Before Enhanced Dictation in OS X Mavericks, standard Mac dictation had a 30-second limit; Enhanced Dictation removed it and worked offline.
“how you can bypass the usual 30-second dictation limit and also dictate offline” (Introduction)