Dictation is itself an accessibility tool, so VTT is built to be usable without sight, without a pointer, and without motion. The app supports VoiceOver, Voice Control, Dark Interface, Differentiate Without Color Alone, Sufficient Contrast, and Reduced Motion on macOS. Found something that doesn't work for you? Tell us — accessibility reports are treated as bugs, not feature requests.
01VoiceOver
Every control in VTT has a spoken name, value, and role. The floating dictation bar is exposed as a single “Dictation” button whose value describes the current state — idle, recording (including the live transcript as it forms), or transcribing — and state changes are announced as they happen: “Recording”, “Transcribing”, “Dictation stopped”. In Settings, keyboard-shortcut controls speak their assignments in words rather than symbols, and repeated actions (like copying a past dictation) identify which item they act on.
02Voice Control
All interactive elements carry distinct names, so they can be targeted directly by voice. Dictation itself can be started and stopped entirely hands-free: via the named menu-bar item, the floating bar button, or a global keyboard shortcut that Voice Control can trigger.
03Dark Interface
VTT follows the system appearance. The Settings window uses native macOS controls and semantic colors, so it renders correctly in both light and dark mode; the floating dictation bar uses a high-contrast dark design in both appearances.
04Differentiate Without Color Alone
No state in VTT is communicated by color alone. The dictation bar pairs each state with a distinct symbol (microphone for idle, stop square while recording, waveform while transcribing); permission and availability statuses in Settings pair color with both an icon and a text label (“Granted”, “Not supported”); usage limits are shown as numeric percentages, not just a colored bar.
05Sufficient Contrast
Text in the app meets or exceeds the 4.5:1 contrast ratio. The floating bar renders white text on near-black (about 10:1 at its dimmest), and the Settings window uses the system's semantic text colors, which adapt with the user's appearance and contrast preferences.
06Reduced Motion
When Reduce Motion is enabled in System Settings, VTT disables its spring animations and stops the waveform's idle shimmer. The waveform bars still rise and fall with your actual voice level while recording — feedback that you are being heard is preserved — but nothing on screen moves on its own.
07Keyboard access
Dictation starts and stops with a global, user-configurable keyboard shortcut — no pointer required. All Settings controls are reachable with full keyboard navigation as standard macOS controls.
08Feedback
If any part of VTT is hard or impossible to use with an assistive technology, that is a bug and we want to fix it. Email [email protected] with the assistive technology you use (e.g. VoiceOver, Voice Control, Switch Control) and what you were trying to do. Accessibility reports are prioritized alongside crashes.
VTT is an independent app and is not affiliated with Apple Inc. VoiceOver, Voice Control, and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc.