Dictation

Talk in any app and your words land where your cursor is. Cloud cleans up filler and punctuation, and uses your Dictionary to spell names right.

Hold to talk

1. Put your cursor in any text field.
2. Hold fn and talk. A small pill in the notch shows that Cloud is listening.
3. Let go. Cloud thinks for a moment, then types the text.

A quick tap of fn does nothing on its own. Anything held longer than about a quarter of a second records.

If another key is held with fn (for example a shortcut like fn+→), dictation does not start.

Hands-free

Double-tap fn to talk without holding a key. Press fn again to finish. See Hands-free.

Ask instead of type

Hold Control+Option (nothing else) and talk to ask Cloud a question instead of typing your words. Let go to ask. See Ask Cloud. If you use VoiceOver, this gesture is off because VoiceOver uses Control+Option itself.

Add to your notes by voice

While dictating, say "add this to my notes" followed by what you want to keep. Cloud picks the topic and the title and files it in Notes. If you copied a link, it comes along.

Dictation history

Open Dictation in the sidebar. It has three sections: History, Dictionary and Snippets.

History lists everything you dictated, with how long you talked, how many words and when. Open an entry to see what you said → what landed. From the More menu on an entry you can:

• Undo AI edit · back to your words (and Redo AI edit)
• Copy, or Copy what I said (the raw words)
• Add to my notes
• Delete

Sounds

Little sounds while I talk (Settings) plays a soft chime when Cloud listens and a tick when the text is typed.

Coming soon

• One clean pill for every voice turn, sitting about halfway down the active screen while you talk, with smooth waveform and start animations, and a steady menu bar icon. (PR A)
• Pill styles in Settings › Dictation: position Top or Bottom, small; agent waveform Subtle or Big. (PR A)
• Remember my dictations toggle for memory. (PR D)