The only real issue so far is that Microsoft’s built-in dictation isn’t nearly as good with formatting commands as Dragon. The speech recognition seems fine, even from way across the room. I could put the fondle slab on the standing desk, plug myself into the air pods, and walk around the room talking to myself like a crazy man.Īs a matter of fact, I just did and still am. I often find myself getting sleepy at about two in the afternoon, and it’d help if I was able to dictate into my iPad for an hour or so. This opens up the possibility of stalking around the office and dictating copy, as I like to do. They're just accurate as my wired headsets. But Word's on board dictation feature seems to handle the AirPods without a problem. It really wanted that hard connection between Mic and processor. One clear advantage Word does have – ugh, I can't believe I just wrote that - is in Bluetooth connectivity.ĭragon was always hopeless with wireless headsets. Kept wanting to call him Admirable Coal Hammer. And it doesn't like 'Kolhammer' much, either.
Its main failing is in recognising the sort of weird made up words I tend to use in novel writing, especially sci fi stuff like The Shattered Skies. But it's more than good enough to fill in. It's not nearly as snappy, responsive or accurate as Dragon - or at least as the second last version of Dragon, which was the peak for MacOS. I still don't have a decent multi-app solution for speech recognition, but I have been using the built-in Dictation feature that ships with the latest version of MS Word (which I get thru a 360 subscription). You might recall I lost access to Dragon Dictate a while back when they stopped doing Apple updates. Use the shortcut again to turn off Dictation.Been trying out my AirPods Pro as a dictation rig.Start speaking-Postbox transcribes your speech into the message.
Use the Dictation shortcut to bring up the Dictation panel.Place the cursor in the body of the message.(You can change it if you like using the Shortcut menu.) By default, macOS uses fn + fn as a shortcut to activate Dictation. Go to Apple menu > System Preferences… > Keyboard > Dictation.Press Option + Esc (or the custom shortcut you’ve decided to use) to have macOS read the selected text aloud.ĭictation is great for capturing thoughts spontaneously, or for just giving your fingers a rest.
Return to Postbox and select some text in a message.By default, macOS uses Option + Esc to turn on this feature. Check Speak selected text when the key is pressed.Go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Accessibility > Speech.This can be great for listening to messages you’ve received and for proofreading messages you’ve written. Postbox can speak selected text when Speak Select Text keyboard shortcut is used. It can read selected text aloud for you, and you can also dictate your messages. In macOS, Postbox has enhanced speech capabilities.
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