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Practical Mac dictation guides

Clear steps, honest limits, and room for your next thought.

Setup & troubleshooting

How to set up dictation on your Mac with Sayhush
Install Sayhush, sign in, enable microphone and Accessibility permissions, and try tap-to-toggle dictation in a text field.
Dictation works but text will not paste on Mac: what to check
Troubleshoot Sayhush insertion, Accessibility access, changing text fields, duplicate app copies, and manual transcript recovery.
Pause and resume dictation on Mac without inserting your draft
Use Sayhush's floating dock to pause the microphone, resume the same draft, and stop when you are ready to insert.
How to change your Sayhush dictation shortcut on Mac
Choose a comfortable dictation shortcut, switch between tap and hold, and troubleshoot conflicts without changing every Mac shortcut.
Sayhush microphone not picking up speech? Check the input first
Check microphone permission, choose an input device in Sayhush, and isolate capture problems from transcription and paste errors.

How to dictate an email draft on Mac without sending it too soon
Draft an email by voice, structure the message before recording, and review recipients, facts and tone before sending.
Write a long draft with short dictation sessions on Mac
Build a longer document from short, reviewable dictation sections while respecting Sayhush’s five-minute recording limit.
How to test multilingual dictation for the languages you use
Evaluate language compatibility with your own phrases, names and writing system instead of relying on a language-count claim.

Find, export and delete Sayhush dictation history
Use Sayhush history search, retention, export and deletion controls, and understand what stays on your Mac.