Disable dictation from command line

command linedefaultsvoice-dictation

Is it possible to disable dictation from the command line, so that macOS never asks again if I want to enable it?

I know that many such things can be done using defaults write but couldn't find the right key for dictation. I'm using macOS Mojave 10.14.5.

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If you are talking about not having the message box, shown below, popping up again when pressing the e.g., Fn key twice, then use the following defaults command in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.HIToolbox AppleDictationAutoEnable -int 1

This changes the Shortcut: setting from e.g. Press Fn (Function) Key Twice to Off in System Preferences > Keyboard > Dictation, and would be the same setting that gets set if clicking the Don't Ask Again button.

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For example save a file like this as ~/.duti:

com.gnu.Emacs public.plain-text all 
com.gnu.Emacs public.unix-executable all
org.videolan.vlc .mkv all

Then run duti ~/.duti.

You can install duti with brew install duti or by running wget https://github.com/fitterhappier/duti/archive/duti-1.5.2.tar.gz;tar -xf duti-1.5.2.tar.gz;cd duti-duti-1.5.2;./configure;make;sudo make install.

MacOS – Disable screensaver password requirement from command line

If you are not forced to use defaults write you can use the following command. It interacts with the OS the same as if you were to utilize System Preferences.

TESTED ON:

10.5.x
10.6.x
10.7.x
10.8.x
10.9.x

sudo osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set require password to wake of security preferences to false'

NOTE: If the command is being run inside of a script that has been given root privileges you would not need the sudo.

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set require password to wake of security preferences to false'

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