Dictation not responding on MacBook Pro

Same problem on m3pro MacBook Pro. The fix someone posted to unselect US English then back did not work, it will not let me uncheck US English for some reason, even tried VPN to another country. Restarting does fix it.

I have noticed it seems to happen after using my AirPods. Anyone else noticed or can test this out?

Ladies and gentlemen, I have some good news for you with the help of Apple. My dictation is working now first of all open up the application that you wish to use dictation on and go to the top of your menu bar and press edit and then clicking edit one time will initiate dictat, and then start by pressing the key wants briefly not holding it down and that initiates dictation it works for Google, Facebook iMessages, and everywhere else let me say this again to you you initiate dictation by going to the top of the screen and pressing edit when you're on the application or screen where you wish to use d that initiates and then moving forward, you just press the key one time briefly do not hold it down. I would like everyone that's having an issue with dictation to this. Give me some feedback to let me know if I was helpful to you and resolving this because it finally fixed my problem after six months and multiple calls to Apple, please give me some feedback and let me know this work for you guys and gals please

This has been happening to me for the longest time and it's really annoying. One of the replies below (from April) said that Apple is working on an update. Here we are in August and I am still waiting for the update.

One way to temporarily fix it is to restart your computer. By that only fixes it for a little while.

Funny that we can send spacecraft to Mars but can't fix voice dictation.

I have given up using Apple Dictation and use either MacWhisper or Superwhisper which works reliable and by the way is also way more accurate then Apples Dictation. In Superwhisper you can have customer dictionaries.

did not work for me unfortunately only restart works

Same here. Sometimes works. Sometimes doesn't. have to restart in order for it to work. I have 100% confirmed it is not the mic that is the problem, it is MAC OS. Please fix

I'm having the same issue as well on my 16 M2 MacBook Pro and my wife's 15 inch M2 MacBook Air neither one of them works with dictation. This has been an ongoing issue for a while now and Apple appears to be ignoring this knowing that this issue is all over the Internet as obviously we are not the only ones this is happening to. Right now I have my 16 inch M2 MacBook Pro in a certified Apple repair shop and they've been trying to diagnose it for over two weeks now with no success. I'm severely disabled and rely on dictation to communicate as I'm not able to type with two hands because I'm paralyzed from a massive stroke so I'm not able to type two hands. Dictation is how I Communicate on my laptop. With iMessages Google Chrome and Facebook etc.. Restart do not work or resolve the issue either I've tried everything. Apple Needs to be aware of this issue and stop ignoring it if they know about it. Hopefully they'll admit that they know this is an issue and put out a software update to resolve this unfortunate problem. Just so you know anyone else reading this that the new MacBook pros and MacBook Airs with the Apple silicon chip when you use dictation it's processed through the device itself so you actually do not need a network for dictation work with MacBook pros or MacBook Air with silicone chips laptops from Apple that require your communication to be sent out through their servers for dictation. I'm sorry my reply is not helpful I just wanted to let you know you're not alone with this problem.

Hello Everyone I just wanted to let you all know that my Apple certified repair Shop Service center,

("Cornice") Apple certified Repair in Upland California) has contacted Apple about this dictation issue on mine and all of your behalf.

And According to the Apple IT Rep Tech Advisor they are now fully aware of the issue regarding the dictation issue and has stated An Update will soon be released, but could not give my rep a timeline timeframe as to when the dictation update resolution will be released.

...So for now just hang in there!

An official Apple update to fix dictation will be out soon!!

Oh Yes before I forget, and as for Myself,

..Yes I'm using Dictation in English.

An update will be out soon!!

I also myself spoke to this IT Tech from Apple and told him there are a lot of unhappy loyal Apple users customers out there having this issue and are very frustrated that need dictation to be fixed!!

I'm doing this for myself and for ALL of You that are having issues with dictation.

I'm trying to help YOU ALL.

Help is on the Way!!

...All the best.

~Mark ~

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I was having the same problem as everyone else with the dictation not working. I tried almost everything that has been posted and nothing has worked for me. I went out to the web one more time and I came across this video that walks you through very easily how to fix this problem and now I have gone from my dictation not working to working again. I thought I might pass it along to help a new one who was in the same boat as me where clicking on and off the language didn't work for them. Hopefully it will work for you too. I'm attaching the video that I watched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y6b_YRuUpM

does it not work in any app, including Safari, Mail, notes, messages, pages?

The language you are dictating in is English?

That's hilarious! My 2019 Macbook quit doing dictation years ago and Apple promised then that they were aware and "almost" had a solution. Of course, nothing ever fixed it.

Fast forward to today as I set up my brand spanking new MacBook Pro...I'm ready to see if a lot of bugs from the old machine are now resolved. Despite the time and upgrades, still no dictation!

Glad to know though that Apple is aware and will soon have a solution.

Hello.

Sorry but No not yet. My 2024 "16"

M2 Macbook Pro is still at the Apple certified repair center they are still trying with no luck and no success even with help from Apple getting involved.

I'm just going to pick it up as is.

I'm very Sorry i'm unable to help You all.

I guess we have to wait until Apple releases ab update that resolves this issue.

I have tried to duplicate your procedure but still having no luck getting this to work. What is the heart key? I have something that looks like a microphone, but no heart.

I tried spanish and german and other languages per other comments and turning off english. Now it refuses to allow me to turn off spanish regardless of whether I turn off dictation or even restart machine. Arrghhhhhhh!