How to fix Apple Dictation performance issue on my MacBook Air ?

I'm running Apple dictation on my MacBook Air, using OS 10.14.6. Accuracy is very poor and very few editing commands work. Any ideas?




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Original Title: Apple Dictation Performance

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jul 29, 2025 9:44 AM

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Jul 30, 2025 7:56 AM in response to ClarkBouwman

Additional to a brody's comments, the quality of the microphone, presence of background noise, whether your speech is accented or not, pauses during dictation, and the age of Apple Dictation on macOS Mojave with slower processors can all play a role in your results.


There is no magic fix for Apple dictation beyond what you can control in the preceding paragraph.

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