Getting started
- Allow the three permissions.Open Privacy in PressSpeak and follow the buttons for Microphone, Input Monitoring, and Accessibility.
- Choose your shortcut.Open Dictation, click the shortcut control, then press the keys you want. F19 always remains available.
- Speak anywhere.Focus a text field, press your shortcut, speak, then press it again. Escape cancels.
Permission help
The shortcut does not respond
Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Input Monitoring and enable PressSpeak. Quit and reopen PressSpeak if macOS asks. F19 is a reliable secondary trigger.
Text is copied but not pasted
Enable PressSpeak in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. You can always paste manually with Command-V.
The microphone is unavailable
Enable PressSpeak in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone, then quit and reopen the app.
Transcription
PressSpeak includes its multilingual model. It works offline, detects the language of each recording automatically, and needs no model download or language setting.
If a name or technical term is frequently wrong, add it under Dictation → Names and vocabulary.
Trial and lifetime purchase
The free trial lasts seven days. It asks for no card and cannot renew or charge you. After it ends, Core can be unlocked forever with a one-time $19.99 Apple in-app purchase.
To restore Core Lifetime, open PressSpeak and choose Restore purchase. The Mac must be signed in to the Apple Account used for the original purchase.
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