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How to dictate text into any text field on your Mac with Atticus Mac

Hold fn, speak, and release to type your words into the field you are using.

Authorization notice. Atticus Mac is dual-use. Only use it on software, sites and systems you own or have explicit permission to test.

Who it is forA writer, support worker or anyone who types a lot and wants to speak instead.

The problemTyping long replies or notes by hand is slow, and most built-in dictation options do not clean up spoken text.

The outcomeYour speech lands as text in the active field, either exactly as spoken or cleaned up.

What you need first

  • A Mac
  • A Claude Pro or Max plan, or a local model server such as Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp or vLLM
  • Claude Code installed (needed for the local model setup; the README says it does not require a Claude account in that case)
  • Permission for Atticus to use the microphone and Accessibility controls

Steps

  1. In Atticus, open the Dictation tab and check that dictation is on.
  2. In any text field, hold the fn (🌐) key, speak, then let go.
  3. Double-tap fn to lock dictation on for hands-free talking, then press it once more to insert the text.
  4. Choose Verbatim for Apple's on-device transcript with no AI, or Clean up for one quick AI pass that removes filler words.
  5. Check the Dictation History if the words do not land; Atticus saves them there and says "Saved to History".

Prompt for your agent

Using the repo SaarthurR/atticus-mac, dictate a short sentence into a text field with the fn key in Verbatim mode. Expected output: the spoken sentence appears in the field. Verify that the text matches what was said and that nothing was typed twice.

Caveat. If macOS's Press 🌐 key to setting opens emoji or Apple dictation, the README says to set it to Do Nothing from the prompt Atticus shows.

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