alt Hacker NewsAs a Mac user, am I missing something? macOS has Dictation built-in, when you short press F5 it should start transcribing your spoken words into text in real time. It even does non-English languages.
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luigi23 • 01/15/2026
it's trash if:
- you're not a native speaker or have accent
- using airpods mic
- surroundings is noisy
- use novel words like 'claude code'
- mumble a bit
Besides being trash as others said, there’s a trade off with real time transcription word by word - there’s no opportunity for an AI to holistically correct/clean up the transcription