How to voice activate Siri on mac: Activate Hey Siri on Mac

How to enable Hey Siri on Mac: How to voice activate Siri on mac: Activate Hey Siri on Mac

1. In the first step you have to open your Siri preferences, to do that you have to click on Apple menu and then select or click System Preferences, After selecting system preferences you will have to choose the Siri option, which you can see in the below image. Now you have to open up siri option by clicking or selecting it. A new window will open and you have to click the Enable Siri box (that you can see in the left side on the image) and then you have to confirm it by clicking the Enable Siri button.

How to voice activate Siri on mac: Activate Hey Siri on Mac
You’ll need to start by setting up a keyboard shortcut for Siri. 

2. Create siri keyboard shortcut on Mac

From the Keyboard Shortcut dropdown menu, select Customize… . Then you can create a custom shortcut for Siri by entering a combination of keys you want to use.

3. Next, open (or go back to) System Preferences and go to Accessibility.

How to voice activate Siri on mac: Activate Hey Siri on Mac

4. Scroll down to the Dictation option. Tick the Enable the dictation keyword phrase box. In the field below, enter the word “Hey.”

How to voice activate Siri on mac: Activate Hey Siri on Mac

5. Now click the Dictation Commands button and make sure the Enable Advanced Commands checkbox is ticked.

6. Click the + button to create a new entry. In the When I say field, enter “Siri.” In the While using field, make sure it says “Any application” (or select a certain application if you want to limit Siri’s reach). In the Perform field, choose Press Keyboard Shortcut from the dropdown menu. Then enter the custom keyboard shortcut you created for Siri in Step 2.

How to voice activate Siri on mac: Activate Hey Siri on Mac

7. Finally, click Done.

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