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How do I set up my command key to turn on the microphone for diction ?

How do I set up my command key to turn on the microphone for diction ?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 11.6

Posted on Sep 17, 2021 7:02 AM

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Posted on Sep 17, 2021 7:39 AM

Dictation in macOS 11.6 is designed to recognize the different shortcuts that it offers you in System Preferences > Keyboard > Dictation > shortcuts. Again, with Big Sur, Dictation is now enabled via System Preferences > Accessibility > Voice control, which works more reliably than omitting that step, and attempting to separately launch and communicate with dictation in an open application's document.

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Sep 17, 2021 7:39 AM in response to youareafake

Dictation in macOS 11.6 is designed to recognize the different shortcuts that it offers you in System Preferences > Keyboard > Dictation > shortcuts. Again, with Big Sur, Dictation is now enabled via System Preferences > Accessibility > Voice control, which works more reliably than omitting that step, and attempting to separately launch and communicate with dictation in an open application's document.

Sep 17, 2021 7:13 AM in response to youareafake

You'd want to use some other key in combo so you didn't loose all the other commands that use the CMD key.


Keyboard Maestro...

http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/


Might try Karabiner...

https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/ 


You can also easily make custom keyboards with...

http://scripts.sil.org/ukelele


Thanks to Old Toad…

You can do what you want with Keyboard Maestro and a whole lot more .  

How do I set up my command key to turn on the microphone for diction ?

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