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Dictation Commands suddenly stops working. 10.11.3

In OS X 10.11.3 Dictation Commands stop working suddenly. Only way to fix is to re-install OS.

Seems to happen after a restart. Never saw this on OS X 10.11.2 . Anybody else?

Posted on Feb 12, 2016 12:23 PM

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Feb 14, 2016 12:30 PM in response to Duane

The problem was resolved by Apple Support.

In El Capitan 10.11.3 the listening feature has been modified to adapt to several English dialects,

UK, South African, Australian and Canadian, well as US. You can opt to use these other dialects

in System Prefs. If you do, the Listening Microphone Window shows a new Button to select dialect.

If you prepare a new command in the UK dialect and then select a different dialect with the Microphone Button,

your new command will not work.


This feature is subtle, and II never noticed it.

Dictation Commands suddenly stops working. 10.11.3

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