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Loopback devices are always present and available on your system, even when the main app isn’t running.Ĭonfigure Dictation’s input device setting With the device now configured, you can quit Loopback. In our example, QuickTime Player will handle audio playback for the file we want to transcribe: Click the (+) button, at the top of the Sources column, and then find your media-playing app from the list. This new device won’t need the Pass-Thru source, which gets added by default, so it’s best to remove it: click the title of the Pass-Thru source once to highlight it, and then press the Delete button at the bottom of the window to remove it.Īdd the application you’ll be using to play your source audio file. In this example, we’ll use the name “Transcription Device”. The following steps will get that device configured:Ĭlick the (+) New Virtual Device button, to create a new device. This new device can be dedicated to the task of routing audio you want transcribed by the Mac’s Dictation system. To begin, you’ll need to create a new Loopback virtual audio device. Read on for more details about the process. It can route audio playback from an application into Dictation, which will then transcribe the audio.

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Dictation is designed to be used with live audio, brought into the Mac via a microphone, so it wouldn’t allow you to transcribe pre-recorded audio files on its own.įortunately, Loopback makes it possible to transcribe other audio sources. MacOS includes a powerful Dictation feature, which is capable of transcribing spoken words from audio into written text.

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