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Install LotusQ on your Mac
Install.
Open the downloaded file and drag LotusQ into Applications. Open it from Applications. macOS asks once whether to open an app downloaded from the internet; choose Open.
Allow three things.
LotusQ's setup screen walks you through each one:
- Microphone, to hear you.
- Accessibility, to type into the app you're in, and to read text you select for Compose.
- Input Monitoring, to notice your shortcut key.
- LotusQ never asks to record your screen.
Sign in.
Sign in inside the app. Use your email or Google. New accounts get 7 days free, no card needed, and the trial starts the first time you sign in. Without a card you get about 2 hours of dictation a day; adding a card removes the limit. After the trial it's $6 a month or $60 a year. If you don't add a card, LotusQ simply stops transcribing when the trial ends. You're never charged.
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Your first dictation.
Click into any text field, hold F1 and talk, then let go. On most MacBook keyboards hold Fn as well, or choose another key, a combination or the Globe key in Settings.