Guides.
One capability at a time, end to end, with the settings behind it.
History: find, pin and export a past dictation
Every dictation is kept on your Mac for 30 days unless you say otherwise. How to search it, put it back into an app, pin what you reuse and save it all as text.
· 2 min read
Ask a question during a live call, without leaving it
Pick a template, open Assist from the notch, set the language and start listening. Then press Answer, switch on Auto, or use ⌥⌘A from any app.
· 5 min read
Meeting notes without a bot: your first recorded call
Open the Meetings page in the notch, check the language and who is on the call, press Record, then Stop. The notes are written on your Mac.
· 5 min read
Point cleanup at Ollama or LM Studio
Add your Ollama or LM Studio server in Engine Models, pick it as the Cleanup engine, and every dictation is polished by a model you run yourself.
· 5 min read
Quick Controls: change a language or model mid-sentence
Hold Dictate in the notch, or press ⌥⌘C, to switch a feature, change a language or swap a model without leaving the app you are dictating into.
· 3 min read
Apple, Parakeet, Nemotron or SenseVoice: which to choose
Dictera offers four on-device speech models. Which one to pick comes down to the languages you dictate in and whether text should arrive while you talk.
· 5 min read
Correct Selection: fix grammar in any app with one shortcut
Select text in any app, double-tap right Option, and spelling, punctuation and grammar are fixed in place. What it changes, what it leaves alone, and why.
· 5 min read
Edit Selection: rewrite selected text by saying the change
Select text in any app, hold right Shift and say "make it shorter" or "turn into bullets". How Edit Selection works, what it needs, and where it stops.
· 5 min read
Resize the AI Assistant panel and give answers more room
The AI Assistant panel resizes from any edge, and its columns can be narrowed or put away. How to give the answers more room, and how to undo all of it.
· 2 min read
Dictating into Slack, VS Code and Notion
Chromium apps hide their text from macOS, so dictation used to double a space or capitalize mid-sentence. What changed, and what to check if it still does.
· 5 min read
Teach Dictera the names it keeps getting wrong
Custom replacements fix the names, brands and jargon a speech model mishears every time. Where to add one, how the matching works, and where the rules stop.
· 3 min read
Link your calendar so a recording starts on time
Connect your calendar and the notch asks before each meeting whether to record it, so recording begins on the first word. Where the switch is, and what counts.
· 3 min read
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