Tagged: dictation

A gold waveform speaking, then a measured empty gap, then a hard vertical cut, with the sentence that never landed showing as a faint grey ghost beyond it

August 14, 2026 · 5 min read

Mac dictation does not stop after 30 seconds of talking. It stops after 30 seconds of thinking.

Apple documents the rule, and it is not the one most people repeat. Dictation ends after 30 seconds with no speech detected, which means the pause where you find the right word is what closes the session.

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