Once you enable dictation commands, you’ll see a new icon in your menu bar.įrom here you can quickly access options for dictation commands. The default is “computer,” because…Star Trek? If you eventually want “Hey Siri” to launch the virtual assistant, like on the iPhone, use “hey” as the dictation keyword phrase. You can choose your own keyword phrase here. In System Preferences, head to Accessibility > Dictation, then make sure that “Enable the dictation keyword phrase” is enabled. Now it’s time to get the real magic going. The English engine takes up around 1.2GB of storage space on my Mac. In System Preferences, head to Keyboard > Dictation.Ĭheck the box that says “Allow Enhanced Dictation.” If you haven’t enabled this feature before, you will be prompted to download a large file, basically an engine your computer can use in order to recognize spoken language. Next we need to enable Enhanced Dictation on your Mac. You can use any combination you like I went with Option+Space. RELATED: How to Configure, Use, and Disable Siri in macOS SierraĬlick the Keyboard shortcut dropdown, then click “Customize…” to set a custom shortcut. We’re just using Hey Siri since it’s the most commonly known example. This isn’t necessarily ideal, but you can set your computer to whatever phrase you want by following the instructions below. NOTE: If you have “Hey Siri” enabled on your iPhone and it’s nearby, obviously this will launch Siri on both your Mac and your iPhone. What if you just could say “Hey Siri,” the same phrase that triggers Siri on the iPhone? With a few tweaks you can use this or any other phrase to launch Apple’s virtual assistant on macOS, and you don’t even need third party software.
But that means you need to say “Computer, start Siri,” which is a little long-winded. We’ve shown you how to control your Mac with your voice, and if you’ve already set that up you can launch Siri with “Start Siri,” a new dictation command added to macOS Sierra. Sure, there are dock and menu bar icons to click, and you can set a keyboard shortcut, but you can’t just say “Hey Siri” to start giving commands.Įxcept, with this little trick, you can. Siri is finally on the Mac, but unlike the iPhone version, you can’t launch the virtual assistant with your voice.
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