Start Dictation with a Spoken Command in El Capitan
El Capitan has a lot of new and hidden features that a lot of users may not know about. One such feature is a way for El Capitan to take dictation. Once more, the user can activate the feature by saying a special word. Here’s how:
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!
1. Go into SYSTEM PREFERENCES > ACCESSIBILITY > DICTATION.
2. Click the OPEN DICTATION & SPEECH PREFERENCES …. button.
3. Turn Dictation ON.
4. Go back to the main System Preferences menu, and select Accessibility again.
5. Place a check mark next to the Enable the dictation keyword phrase option.
6. Close the SYSTEM PREFERENCES window.
You should now be able to dictate a letter when using TextEdit or any other word processing app.