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The best voice dictation apps for non-English languages

Most dictation apps are great in English and disappointing in everything else. How the popular Mac tools compare for Spanish, Bangla, Hindi, Arabic, French, and 50+ other languages.

July 11, 2026

The best dictation software for European languages

Diacritics, grammatical gender, formal address: why European languages trip up dictation tools, and which apps handle Spanish, French, German, Italian, Polish, and Ukrainian well.

July 11, 2026

Voice dictation that actually works for Bangla, Hindi, Tamil, and Urdu

A billion and a half people speak a South Asian language, and most dictation software treats them as an afterthought. What actually works on a Mac, code-switching included.

July 11, 2026

How to dictate in one language and type in another on your Mac

Think in your mother tongue, send the email in English. How speak-to-translate dictation works, why most tools cannot do it, and how to set it up in minutes.

July 11, 2026