How to Turn the Dictation Key into a Microphone Mute Switch Using Shortcuts and BetterTouchTool
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How to Turn the Dictation Key into a Microphone Mute Switch Using Shortcuts and BetterTouchTool
Last week when Jonathan wrote about his new macro keyboard in MacStories Weekly, he also mentioned how he was able to create a quick shortcut to mute and unmute his microphone with a single keystroke. As soon as I read this, I realized that I also needed to add a microphone mute switch to my setup.
While I imagine that dictation is useful to many, I must admit that I have personally turned off the feature on all of my Apple devices. As a result, the Dictation key is sitting there unused, just waiting to be remapped. As you know, I’m already using my beloved BetterTouchTool to remap macOS’ native window buttons and to remap some of the Magic Keyboard’s keys to perform actions with Raycast. So today, we’re using it to remap the Dictation key on the Magic Keyboard and turn it into a microphone mute switch – something that macOS’ System Settings does not let us do.