

Click on the arrows to the right of the entry box labelled Perform: and find Press keyboard shortcut… in the list. You’ll need to add a keyboard shortcut to use. However, most will want this to work universally and should leave it alone. In the While using: drop down box you can choose if you only want it to work in one program. Type in Siri or some other voice command you want to use instead of Siri.
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So click on the plus icon below the list. A new box pops up and there’s a list of voice commands, but not one for Siri. Next, click on Dictation Commands… at the top of the box. I don’t want my phone and Mac to get confused, so I kept the default. I like that, but some want it to work just like iOS and may choose “Hey” so they can say, “Hey Siri”. Click on Enable the dictation keyword phrase. It’s the top item in the Interacting section of the list. Scroll down to Dictation in the left column in Accessibility. Then click on the Accessibility icon in the fourth row towards the right. Click the Apple menu in the upper left corner and choose System Preferences. There’s another way to open System Preferences. You can click it and it opens System Preferences or click and hold to show the list of preferences. Do this with the Dock icon that looks like a black and grey gear. To get started launch System Preferences and go into Accessibility.
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How to Turn on Hands Free Siri on macOS 10.11 Thanks to YouTube user Joshua Campbell for figuring out how to do this. It requires turning on some features and changing the built-in keyboard shortcut for Siri. If you want to use your voice to wake Siri, you can. The built-in keyboard shortcut that wakes Siri is FN+Spacebar. It can also go in the Menubar at the top of the screen. Put the icon in the Dock (there by default) and just click it with the mouse to start it listening for a voice command. The new Siri feature in macOS 10.11 works with either a keyboard shortcut or clicking the mouse/trackpad. We’ll show users how to turn the voice-enabled hands-free Siri on and how to use it on a MacBook.
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These and many other Siri voice commands now work on the Mac thanks to the new macOS 10.11 update that hits MacBooks in 2016. Do you know you can use Siri on a MacBook? iPhone and iPad users might enjoy using Siri, the helpful voice command system built into iOS that lets users make phone calls, search for things online and even dictate text instead of typing.
