Apple introduces systemwide dictation

Apple introduced a new systemwide dictation feature on June 10, 2024, during its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). This feature allows users to dictate text across all applications on their Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads, and Macs, using an on-device processing model. The company stated that this new dictation is significantly faster and more accurate than previous iterations, processing requests locally without sending data to the cloud. This approach enhances user privacy and enables offline functionality. The system is designed to understand context and provide more natural language processing, potentially competing with existing third-party dictation services. Apple highlighted that the new dictation model is trained on billions of parameters and can handle a wider range of commands and text inputs. The feature is expected to be available to users with the upcoming operating system updates, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia.