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Not Using Your Mac’s Dictation Feature? You’re Missing Out

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  • Enable dictation on your Mac by pressing F5 and then start talking to convert speech to text.
  • Dictation is faster than typing, avoids spelling mistakes and typos, and is great for getting your thoughts down quickly in notes, emails, and other informal settings.
  • The feature might not work well for crafting tight prose, though you can combine dictation with Apple Intelligence Writing Tools to improve your writing.
  • Your Mac’s dictation feature is easy to miss but worth exploring, offering a big improvement to typing speed by letting you use your voice instead of your fingers. Here’s why (and how) you should be using it.