Instead you can skip right down to the sections here that have to do with dictation. If you're just going to do dictation you don't need to worry about these navigation controls. Voice Control is a combination of being able to control your Mac with your voice and use dictation. Like the first section here is Basic Navigation. Some of these are for controlling your Mac. Also, you could click the Command button and see a long list of special commands. You can select a microphone if you have more than one. You can select the language that you're using to dictate. To enable the other type of dictation instead of keyboard go to Accessibility. It lacks a lot of the more advanced features you could use for the other type of dictation. This is really handy for typing things like text messages. Speaking: (The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog period). Then you could use the Keyboard Shortcut again, usually just tapping it once and it will turn off and you would activate it again the next time you needed it. So to use it you would use the Keyboard Shortcut and then you would speak what you want to dictate. So in this case let's set it to press the Control Key twice. Turn that on and then notice the Keyboard Shortcut that you're using. The first type you enable by going to System Settings and then scroll down and go to Keyboard. Now there are two different types of dictation you can use on your Mac. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts. There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 1000 supporters.

Let me show you some voice control dictation tips. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out 20 Voice Control Dictation Tips at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.

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