Can I use dictation to trigger an action?

Discussion & Questions
1

Hi, with the demise of Dragon Dictate for Mac, I am wondering if there is an alternative using the built-in Mac dictation software. One of the things that I'm wanting to replicate is using spoken phrases to trigger long strings of text or Applescripts. BTT has a trigger using key sequences/typed phrases, but when I use the built-in dictation to type these words, BTT doesn't seem to be triggered. I suspect BTT is monitoring the keyboard itself rather than what letters come up on the screen.

Can anyone point me in a direction that I can get this to work? I know I can purchase & install Keyboard Maestro, but I'm trying to avoid installing yet another piece of software.

Thanks.

2

Have you checked Voice Control in Accessibility preferences? That's meant to replace dragon dictate. It can be used to use a spoken phrase to trigger an AppleScript.

3

Hmm, thanks. I can't find any voice controls in my Mac's accessibility preferences.

4

Are you on Catalina? I think that's when it was introduced. Previous OS could do something similar but it might be hidden somewhere else. In Catalina it has it's own section in Accessibility.