Does anyone have any ideas on how to use the Mac’s built-in dictation tool to create strings to be used by Python? To launch a dictation, you have to double-press the Fn key inside any text editor. If this is the case, is there a way to combine the keystroke command with the input command? Something like: Step 1: Simulate a keystroke to double-press the Fn key, launching the Dictation tool, and then Step 2. Creating a variable by using the speech-to-text content as part of the input function, i.e. text_string = input(“Start dictation: “) In this thread ( Can I use OS X 10.8's speech