Shortcuts and dictation modes

Push to talk

Hold the trigger key, speak, release. This is the default and the one that collides with least. The trigger is Fn out of the box and can be changed in Settings.

Hands-free

Tap the trigger once to start and again to stop. Use it for anything longer than a sentence, so you are not holding a key for four minutes.

Live dictation

Text streams into the HUD as you speak rather than arriving in one block at the end. Tap to start and stop.

Review before inserting

Optional. Recording ends into an editable box; fix the text, then insert it or throw it away.

⌘↩   Insert
esc  Discard

Polish

Rewrites the last dictation with the local cleanup model: filler words out, punctuation fixed, long ramble broken into paragraphs.

⌘⌥1  Polish the last dictation