Mac: Activate the dictation function
- Top left corner, click the Apple Icon and select "system settings".
- Then click on "dictation & speech".
- Under the tab "dictation" enable the Option "dictation:" by "A" mark.
- If necessary, you can now also use the "Enhanced dictation" for Offline use download (requires almost 1 GB of space). Otherwise, click on "Later".
- In the next window, click on "dictation activate".
- Under "command," find the function that you need to exert to start the dictation feature. Under Mac OS X Mavericks, the button "Fn is by default" twice as a shortcut selected.
Mac: dictation activate
The dictation feature on the Mac
The dictation function works for all Apple Software, the Text can be entered. This is for example the Notepad or the Mail program.
- For example, open your Mail program and a new E-Mail draft.
- Click in the content area of the Email and double-tap the Fn key and the function you specified in the activation command.
- You speak your Text, and click on "Finish" to complete the process.
- The spoken Text is displayed.
- Also punctuation and paragraphs, you can dictate. You use the term "comma" or "point" for a new paragraph "New line".
Note: If you do not have to download the enhanced dictation, you should be for the use of the dictation function connected to the Internet. The dictated Text is processed on an Apple Server, so Internet is necessary. The best voice recorder Apps for iOS and Android we have also compiled. Also: did you Know that you to your Mac with a keyboard can?
