Apple hides state-of-the-art free speech-to-text in macOS Voice Control
billyjhowell · x · 2026-10-09
macOS hides a free, local, state-of-the-art dictation tool under Accessibility > Voice Control. Toggle it on, click a field and talk; voice commands like "stop listening"/"start listening" handle on/off without hotkeys or API round trips. The author finds it faster than computer-use agents for small tasks.
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