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How to Fix Dictation Not Working on Mac
Guiding Tech, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- A consumer technology site's guide to fixing Mac dictation that includes a Terminal method for the corespeechd speech process. It is one of the pages that ranks for the query, and it shows the advanced steps readers are being offered.
- How much weight it carries
- A commercial tech publication, not Apple. Its steps were not tested here against a specific macOS version, and the guide itself includes a Recovery mode step that changes a macOS security setting. It is cited as an example of advice to avoid, not as a source of fixes.
Facts taken from this source
- Guiding Tech describes corespeechd, the process its Dictation guide asks readers to stop, as a system process on the Mac that takes care of voice recognition.
“This is a system process on your Mac that takes care of voice recognition.” (Fix 2: Kill Corespeechd Process Using Terminal)
- In its Fix 2, Guiding Tech tells readers to run csrutil disable, restart the Mac, and then run a Terminal command that disables the corespeechd process.
“csrutil disable Step 7: Once you see the confirmation, restart your Mac. Step 8: After restarting your Mac, open Terminal again and run the following command. This will disable the corespeechd process.” (Fix 2: Kill Corespeechd Process Using Terminal)
- Guiding Tech's Fix 4 tells readers to delete the speech recognition preference files, which it says also handle dictation, and then restart the Mac.
“These are the files that also take care of system functions including dictation. So, try removing them.” (Fix 4: Remove Speech Recognition Preference Files)