Enable OS X's Enhanced Dictation for on-the-fly transcription<article>
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<p>OS X’s built-in dictation feature works pretty well, but with a simple setting change, you can enable on-the-fly dictation, even when offline. In this week’s video, we show you how.</p><h2 id="transcript">Transcript</h2>
<p>An underused feature of OS X is dictation. Instead of typing all your text, you can speak to your Mac and have it transcribe your words into the current document.</p><p>To use dictation, you just press the keyboard shortcut you’ve assigned, or choose Start Dictation from the Edit menu, and start talking. Press the shortcut again when you’re finished, and OS X transmits a recording of your voice to Apple’s servers for processing. A few seconds later, the text appears in your document.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2601862/enable-os-xs-enhanced-dictation-for-on-the-fly-transcription.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Enable OS X's Enhanced Dictation for on-the-fly transcription