

press the dictation key), then start playing back your audio file through your Mac's speakers.

Make sure you have your Mac's microphone selected, then open up TextEdit and create a new document:Īctivate the dictation shortcut (e.g. You'll use that to activate dictation later. 'press dictation key' or 'press control twice'.

Turn on Dictation, and when prompted, accept the terms for Apple's Dictation service. These instructions were last updated for macOS Monterey 12.4.įirst, open up System Preferences, go to Keyboard, then the 'Dictation' tab: You can use the Dictation feature built into your Mac to transcribe audio files, and in my experience, it's been about 98-99% accurate, so it saves a lot of time if you want to index your audio files, or you need a transcript for some other purpose.
