So you may have noticed that I can speak things like comma and period and it understands those are punctuation. To Whom It May Concern I received the shipment of penguins comma but one of them was damaged period. So I'm going to use the Fn key twice here and start dictating a message. You can use Dictation anywhere that the text cursor appears. Like you can just use it here inside of Mail. Like I added that period there by typing and I just made those corrections period. I'm going to try speaking and typing at the same time. What really shines is if you both type and speak at the same time, because it is real time, you can kind of interact with your words. You can see if I just talked normally it is going to get a few things wrong but it is generally going to do a good job. So as it kind of got the next word and the word after that it might go back and correct a previous word that made more sense.
Not only was it doing it in real time but it was kind of adjusting things based on what I said. So I can basically hover my finger over the Fn key on my keyboard and use it that way. You can see I hit Fn once and it was the same a pressing the Done button there. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog period. I'm going to speak some text after pressing the Fn key twice. So now let's go into TextEdit and give it a try. I'm going to keep it at the default here which is Press Fn key twice. But once you do that it is done and then you have Use Enhanced Dictation which is done all locally and it works out much better.Īlso notice here you can set the microphone and you can set the language. It doesn't take up any space on your drive.īut if you turn this on you have to do this large download. Then those are translated and returned to you. So you need a constant internet connection and you can only speak in short bits. Probably the same servers that handle Siri. Now, if you don't have that checked off that means that basically you speak short verse of text, I think you have about thirty seconds to speak, and that is sent to Apple servers. But just as important as that is whether or not to Use Enhanced Dictation. The main one, of course, is whether or not to turn Dictation on or off. Then you want to go to Dictation & Speech and select Dictation.
To get started with Dictation the first thing you want to do is to go to System Preferences. Let's take a look at using Dictation in Mavericks. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. In addition, a quick demonstration, illustrates how easy it is to use this technology to quickly create text.Īgain - If you would like my 2-page summary of the common Dictation Commands, CLICK HERE.Check out Using Enhanced Dictation On Your Mac at YouTube for closed captioning and more options. I also offer an adjoining video blog on this topic. To top it off, you can even create your own commands. Other advanced tasks can also be enabled such as switching apps, navigating in windows, or searching using Spotlight. For instance, you can say commands to open an application (e.g., “open mail”), search the internet (e.g., “search global warming”), and ask Siri a question (e.g., “start Siri”). When this feature is enabled, you can use spoken commands to perform tasks on the Mac. I find that most students can learn it quite quickly. There is a little bit of a learning curve, as one needs to get comfortable speaking clearly, verbalizing punctuation, pausing between ideas, and gaining proficiency with voice commands. Why is Dictation a Great Option for Individuals with Dyslexia?ĭictation is a great option for individuals with dyslexia, because they can focus on ideas and not be distracted by spelling or typing. Again, to make it easy for you, I created a downloadable document with many of the common commands. One should note, however, that punctuation needs to be verbalized as well as other directives such as formatting, mathematical symbols, emoticons, currency and some symbols. When you’re done, say “Stop dictating” or press the dictation keyboard shortcut - (default is select fn key twice)ĭictation is a great way for users to capture the spoken word as text on the screen. You can also conduct a specific search by saying, “How do I ?” For example, you can say “How do I select text?” to see commands related to highlighting text. When dictation is enabled, you can also display a list of commands by simply saying, “ Show commands.” This will trigger a menu box of dictation commands that will appear on your screen (as seen in the image to the right). I limited it to two pages, so that it could be printed on a single piece of paper (front and back). To make it easy for you, I created a downloadable document with many of the common commands. There is a comprehensive list of commands that are worth committing to memory or having handy on a printout when using this accessibility tool.
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