New dictation feature in macOS Sonoma not working

I’m having the same issues. I have checked my Mic with Logic Pro and my recording is completely clear with no background noise. I have check my setting under Keyboard and Sound, it should be working but it’s not. I have changed languages—English, Japanese—Neither works.

I've got the same problem. I used the dictation feature yesterday, and it worked perfectly for a page's worth of text; I tried again today and it wouldn't do even simple dictation. I've tried all the obvious ways to fix it, but nothing works.

I'm on an M2 MacBook Pro running Sonoma 14.1.2.

Exactly the same for me. It worked so well before the upgrade and was a dream to use (the same as the iphone is now).

I also have the problem that if I dictate a line and then press enter, the text I just dictated disappears.

It was absolutely perfect that you could talk and go in and edit anything that it got wrong, as well as putting punctuation and carriage returns etc.

I have an M1 Pro Mac (2021) running Mac OS 14.2.1 (23c71). The dictation is not working at all for me. I have restarted my computer several times and I can't get any dictation function to work.

The dictation function had been working after I initially upgraded to Sonoma and now it is not working at all. No idea what changed.

Also having the issue -- when pressing the microphone button, dictation "starts" but no input is recorded and no text appears. This is a huge accessibility issue and is contributing to my RSI worsening.

I've been complaining about this for several months.

Since the Sonoma update Dictation has been working terribly, I keep waiting for the updates to fix that problem, but, alas, no luck.

I’m currently on Sonoma 14.3.1. One would think with the billions of dollars that Apple has in the bank, a few software engineers working for a week or two could fix this problem. I rely on Dictation, and it's a terrible hassle to work with it now.

Exactly my problem. have checked and reset all the settings recommended and nothing works. I get the small blue microphone button that let's me know its ready to accept dictation but nothing happens when I talk. Has anyone found a solution?

I am adding my two cents worth here as well regarding voice dictation, which I am in fact doing right now. I just upgraded to Sonoma 14.4 yesterday. And a lot of the function of voice dictation is missing, particularly a really great feature of being able to dictate and make a space or a hard return, and the dictation mic doesn't turn off. But now it's turning off any time I have to edit to make a change, press the spacebar or return. I am relying on this function, as I cannot type at all due to an injury in one wrist/hand. Apple needs to realize that this is a function that is extremely important for people with any kind of disability issue that does not allow them to type. This needs to be addressed immediately.

I also have a disability - the reason I bought my MacBook Air M2 was because of the dictation - I'm barely able to do what I want to do without the dictation working. I've had the M2 for six months, and it's pretty much useless to me. Dictation only works occasionally and it's more hassle than it's worth. It's completely broken in Sonoma, and nothing seems to fix it. I've contacted Apple help, and they have no idea how to fix it. It's extremely frustrating because it did work in previous versions of MacOS.... When I mentioned my disability to support, they go on and on and on about how much they care, but never actually fix it. Six months now, and still no fix. Unbelievable.....

Up to 14.4.1 and still no joy! Had waited 7 months to upgrade thinking all should be stable by now but appalled to find Dictation simply not working. Unless I go to the Edit menu and scroll down to Start Dictation. But then it will stop when I do, and I have to go back to the menu and start again. The shortcut function D is grayed out, so I need to make a significant effort to turn it on and off.

With the previous system, I had a permanent on off button on the desktop for every program. This is really unforgivable on Apple's part. It should have worked at least as well as macOS 13 and hopefully better. And I've been using Macs long enough to remember when system 3.2 was considered to be incredibly stable, compared to its predecessors (1986).

I seems like I have a similar problem. However, I've just discovered now that it works randomly for me. I have to press the button about 10 times on and off before it decides to start working. It was working perfectly before I upgraded, and now it seems to work sporadically, very frustrating.

I origainlly posted this topic and through 4 or 5 diff version of Sonoma, they problem comes and goes... no idea why. I just saw somebody made a post that said 14.5 to 14.6 reoslved it... trying that now

I edited my post. Are you running Sonoma 14.1?

Hopefully that will fix it.