Sound effects
Speechy plays a short sound when dictation starts and stops on your Mac. In Settings, Audio, pick one of nine sounds, set the volume, or switch Sound effects off.
How to use Sound effects
Open Audio
In Settings, find the Sound feedback card.
Try the sounds
Click one and it plays; the list stays open so you can try a few.
Set the volume
Drag the slider and you hear the new level when you let go.
What you do, what you get
Speechy Settings
You do
“Pick Speechy-4 and turn the volume down.”
You get
A softer cue each time you start and stop talking.
Speechy Settings
You do
“Switch Sound effects off.”
You get
Silent dictation, handy in meetings and late at night.
Make it sound right.
In Speechy, Settings, Audio, Sound feedback.
- Sound effectsWhen recording starts and stopsOnOff
- SoundClick one to hear itSpeechy-1Speechy-4Speechy-8Speechy-9
Questions
When recording starts and when it stops.
Yes. Each sound in the list has a play button, and clicking one picks it and plays it.
In Settings, Audio, switch Sound effects off.
