Thank you power users for your recommendations. I just broke my right hand and I am going to need to rely on Dictation instead of typing for at least four weeks. As an academic and medical provider, this is a massive inconvenience versus typing super fast as I usually do. I am also hyper focused on proper punctuation so dictation is going to be a challenge. My apologies for errors in this text as I am using Apple dictation to write it at the moment.
Oh no! You poor thing. That sucks.
Two suggestions:
First, try the accessibility voice control, add a few terms to the vocabulary, then start slowly, and use the keyboard and mouse to navigate. It’s better than the standard dictation, I find, and although you’ll find it frustrating, if you use the keyboard and don’t try to rush it’s pretty good
Second, I’ve found superwhisper really good. It’s not expensive, considering your circumstances. Just make sure you use the plainest and most simple mode only (i.e. dictation, no text manipulation) and use the parakeet voice model, which runs on your Mac and is shockingly fast.
Take care, recover swiftly!