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Dictation not working on Mac – fixes that actually help
Try these checks: microphone permissions, Dictation settings, app restarts, and audio input levels.
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Last updated: 2025-10-06  1) System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone → allow your app. 2) Keyboard → Dictation → On. 3) Quit and relaunch the target app. 4) Test your mic input in System Settings → Sound.

Checklist

Microphone permission granted to Voice Type and your target app.

Dictation enabled in Keyboard settings.

No other app is exclusively using the microphone.

Input level shows activity in System Settings → Sound.

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