Dictation: getting started

How dictation works in Jarvis: push-to-talk, on-device transcription, punctuation, and the editing commands that make voice faster than typing.

Dictation is one of the fastest ways to work with Jarvis. It is fast (about 240ms from release to first word) and accurate (3.1% word error rate on technical English), and it runs entirely on your Mac.

Push to talk

Hold the hotkey while you speak and release when done. Holding, rather than toggling, keeps you in control of exactly what Jarvis hears.

Fn Default hotkey

Punctuation and formatting

Speak punctuation naturally, or say it. Both work.

Edit by voice

You do not have to reach for the keyboard to fix a mistake. Common edits are voice commands.

  • "Scratch that" deletes the last thing you said.
  • "Capitalize that" fixes the casing of the last phrase.
  • "New paragraph" drops down two lines.