AppleScript or Other Technique To Enable/Disable Voice Control on Catalina

[Chetan_Madhani]

HI ,

I am MAC SONOMA USE
I have used the above script , but it is not working for toggling "voice control" on and off
Please help

[kcwhat]

On Ventura,

I use the Shortcuts app. Less stress. See below

How to Programmatically Enable/Disable Voice Control

I perform this, with Apple Shortcuts. I had an AppleScript, for a few years, but Ventura broke my version. Here is the shortcut breakdown. [Screenshot 2023-03-01 at 2.05.18 PM] You can also have Keyboard Maestro access the shortcut. [Screenshot 2023-03-01 at 2.02.53 PM] Have fun! KC

[tscheresky]

kcwhat thank you so much for sharing this shortcut. I use Voice Control daily to control my Mac completely by voice. After running for many hours Voice Control becomes slow. The quickest way to fix the issue is to turn off Voice Control, let the library unload, then turn it back on. My revision of your shortcut is as follows: