Siri does have a voice-to-text feature, but it only works with native applications like Mail and Messages. The tool, known as Dictation, lets you use your voice to type pretty much anywhere on your computer - which Siri can't do. Conveniently, Mac has another voice feature that fills in some of the holes that Siri leaves behind - including voice typing. With just my voice I can quickly search through hundreds of documents for a single file or check for free disk space if I'm running out of storage, but the intelligent personal assistant does have its limitations. See the VoiceOver User Guide.I hardly ever use Siri on my iPhone, but boy, oh boy, do I take advantage on my Mac. You can also use VoiceOver, the built-in screen reader for macOS, to hear descriptions of every item on the screen and to control your Mac using the keyboard. When you’re done choosing options, click OK. You can use the controller to pause, resume, or stop the speaking, change the speaking rate, and skip ahead or backward in the text. The controller is especially useful when your Mac is reading long pieces of text. Show Controller: Click the pop-up menu to choose to automatically show the controller when you press the keyboard shortcut, or to never or always show it. Sentence Style: Click the pop-up menu to have spoken sentences indicated by an underline or with a background color.
If you don’t want spoken content highlighted, choose None from the Highlight Content pop-up menu.
Click the Word Color and Sentence Color pop-up menus to choose the highlight color. Highlight Content: Click the pop-up menu, then choose to have words, sentences, or both highlighted as your Mac speaks. For example, press the Option and Tab keys together to set the keyboard shortcut as Option+Tab. Keyboard Shortcut: Press the key combination you want to use. To set a different keyboard shortcut and change other settings, click the Info button next to “Speak selection”: (You may need to scroll down.)īy default, your Mac speaks text when you press the keyboard shortcut Option-Esc. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Accessibility in the sidebar.
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