我是语音指令和听写功能的忠实用户。语音指令是我控制智能家居的主要方式，而大部分短消息（如iMessage和WhatsApp）都是通过听写完成的。
苹果内置的听写功能确实逐年改进，但试用第三方应用Aqua Voice后，我意识到若苹果真正发力，这项技术还能提升多少。事实上，本文就是完全使用Aqua Voice听写完成的…
或许因为居家办公，或单纯不介意在公共场合对着手机口述，我长期将听写作为手机的主要输入方式。几乎所有短消息都通过听写完成。
早期的听写和Siri识别效果欠佳！虽然逐年改进，但距离当前技术可能达到的水平仍有差距。
使用其他支持语音识别的应用（如ChatGPT）时已能察觉这种差距，但真正凸显苹果现有技术与当前可能性之间鸿沟的，是试用第三方应用Aqua Voice的体验。
这款Mac端工具安装后，可将标准Fn按键映射为激活Aqua Voice而非系统内置听写功能。
17处错误vs1处错误
为对比两者差异，我在两台Mac上同时激活Aqua Voice和系统听写，朗读史蒂夫·乔布斯著名演讲的开场白。（测试使用Mac内置麦克风，日常则使用专为听写优化的SpeechWare麦克风。）
忽略因朗读方式导致的标点差异及美式/英式拼写问题后，系统听写版本出现17处错误（下划线标注）：
I’m honoured to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world truth be told I never graduated from college and this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation today. I want to tell you three stories from my life that’s it no big deal just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots I dropped out of Reed college after the first six months but then stayed around as a drop in for another 18 months or so before I really quit so why do I drop out it started before I was born. My biological mother was a young unweight graduate student and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife except that when I popped out they decided the last minute that they really wanted a girl so my parents who are on a waiting list got a call in the middle of the night asking we’ve got an unexpected baby boy do you want him? They said of course.
而Aqua Voice版本仅1处错误（将”popped out”误转为”was born”），且自动分段精准：
I’m honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world.
Truth be told, I never graduated from college, and this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation.
Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College after the first six months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?
It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I was born, they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking, “We’ve got an unexpected baby boy. Do you want him?” They said, “Of course.”
天壤之别
深度使用Aqua Voice两周后，其表现远超包括MacWhisper在内的所有竞品。作为长期听写用户，我曾使用需要大量训练的Dragon Dictate，而Aqua Voice的体验已让我彻底回归语音输入。
iOS 26中改进的Siri已能较好处理口语修正，但Aqua Voice的自然语言编辑能力更胜一筹。例如直接说”把这句话开头的for example改成for instance”即可完成修改，无需特定指令模式。
预设指令彰显AI价值
该应用支持设置全局听写规则，我的个性化设置包括：自动分段；1-9用单词表示，更大数字用数字；金额用数字；百分比用数字；年份用数字；破折号用短横线带空格；避免句首用”and”或”but”；默认使用缩略形式等。
无障碍领域的重大突破
对无法使用键盘的用户而言，这种准确性更具革命性。无障碍顾问Colin Hughes表示：”Aqua比Voice Control的听写功能先进得多，其实时修正近乎神奇。虽然缺乏导航控制功能，但通过与Voice Control配合使用仍能显著提升效率。”
两大局限
Aqua Voice存在两个主要问题：隐私方面依赖云端处理（开发者承诺不存储文本）；以及每月8美元的订阅费用。此外偶发的服务器连接问题也需考虑。
苹果应该行动
既然小型开发者能做到，拥有更多资源的苹果更应该：或收购Aqua Voice，或自主研发达到同等性能。这将彻底改变Voice Control的体验，为无法使用传统输入设备的用户带来生活变革。
Aqua Voice提供1000单词的免费试用，订阅价格为8美元/月或96美元/年。
