Chapter 8. Dictation & Siri
It’s been a popular sci-fi fantasy for decades: That someday, we’d talk to our computers instead of typing into them. Blame Captain Kirk and the minds of the Star Trek writers who dreamed him up.
Dictation came to the Mac before it came to phones. But Siri—the virtual assistant who not only understands what you say, but also executes your commands and answers your questions—was an iPhone-only feature first. But now, in macOS Sierra, Siri has finally come to the desktop.
This chapter covers both of the Mac’s speech-recognition features: Dictation (that is, typing by speaking) and Siri (giving your Mac commands and questions by voice).
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