GNU bug report logs - #79070
[PATCH] Fix macOS dictation post NSTextInputClient migration in v30

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro <at> xenodium.com>

Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:27:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 76765, 76771

Found in version 30.1

Fixed in version 31.1

Done: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 79070 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro <at> xenodium.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, shipmints <at> gmail.com,
 79070 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kickingvegas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#79070: [PATCH] Fix macOS dictation post NSTextInputClient
 migration in v30
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:19:06 +0200

Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro <at> xenodium.com> writes:

> Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro <at> xenodium.com> writes:
>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> Pressing a keyboard shortcut on macOS temporarily enables
>> dictation for any app, so you can speak and transcribe text into
>> an Emacs buffer. Attaching demo (speech is muted).
>>
>> [2. video/quicktime; dictation.mov]...
>
> If attachment causes issues, demo can be seen as gif from a browser at
> https://indieweb.social/@xenodium/114891280426640026

I've tried with the 0002 patch, and it doesn't seem to work for me. I'm
running macOS 15.5 on arm64. Dictation works with other applications. In
emacs -Q GUI, pressing the dictation key produces no reaction; I mean no
small blue indicator with the microphone symbol appears.
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