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HI. I've just upgraded to a new MacBook running Big Sur and find that the Enchanced Dictation button is missing (under Preferences/Keyboard). Anyone know how to turn this back on and get more than 30 seconds dictation time?
It's such a pity that my old copy of Dragon no longer works on Big Sur/M1 Mac, so I'm really hoping Apple hasn't left us sight-challenged users in the dark!
All help very much appreciated!
Nuance abandoned the Mac platform for WIndows, so no third-party dictation for Mac solution comes to mind.
In Catalina, Apple woud use Siri language smarts on the Mac for English speakers as an improvement over Enhanced Dictation, and for non-English speakers, it would use the provided Enhanced Dictation. Apple is constantly changing things, so what existed on Catalina is probably out with the bath water now.
Allow me, a few weeks later, to answer my own question because the answers here are somewhat incomplete or misleading.
Actually, while Enchanced Dictation has indeed been removed from Big Sur (and Dragon Dictate doesn't appear to work on the combination of Big Sur and M1 Mac), the new Voice Control feature (found under Accessibility) is excellent, much more accurate than Apple's previous attempts, not limited to x number of words or seconds, and in most ways a very useful alternative method for those of us who like to dictate to our Macs. It's possible to add Accessibility to both the Menu Bar and the new Control panel, but it would be nice to be able to have the specific button for Voice Control without all the rest. And I'm sure users who have to manage with other ability challenges would equally appreciate the ability of being able to choose from and simplify from the list of options.
But this is a small gripe. Voice Control is excellent, comes free with the OS and looks like Apple have finally put some work into a feature that has been bubbling under for, well, decades now. Play around with it. It's worth the time and effort.
Enhanced Dictation has been removed from Big Sur. Every spoken word is now sent to Apple's Servers, interpreted, and returned to your document. No resurrection possible with any tricks either.
Many thanks for your helpful response. That’s very disappointing. I wonder is there any reliable third party dictation possibility now for Mac. It’s a big loss to many people to remove this feature.
Enchanced Dictation missing on Big Sur
