As of Sierra, you can. Hold down cmd-space until you hear the tone, then speak. As far as I can tell, this is like iOS in that you can keep holding the keys down, or release them immediately and let Siri figure out, by a pause in your speaking, when you've finished your command.
-- Alex Hall > On Dec 31, 2016, at 07:27, 'Eleanor Roberts' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi. This is all very helpful. Just out of interest, how do you use Siri on > the Mac?? I use it on my IPhone etc all the time, but didn't know you could > do it on Mac too. > > Thanks. > > Eleanor > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 31 Dec 2016, at 05:00, 'Peggy' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> I have a Macbook Air. I didn't have a problem checking battery status until >> I updated my mac a couple of weeks ago. I use siri to check the battery, >> very easy to do. >> Peggy and Dixie Marie >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Dec 30, 2016, at 4:02 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: >> >> Hey everyone, going to cover a few different things in one message. First, >> as the subject says, has anyone else had issues reading the time remaining >> or percentage of a macbook battery in sierra? This happens on my 2010 >> macbook, and my girl friend's 2015 macbook pro. While in the status menus, >> moving left and right with the voiceover cursor allows you to get to the >> battery item, but it just says battery or something similar, no time >> remaining or percentage, this happens whether the option to show the >> percentage is checked or not in the menu. The only way I know of to get >> around this is to check it in the energy saver settings in system >> preferences. Interestingly, you can no longer use the regular arrow keys to >> navigate the status menus, you must use VO navigation. I don't mind this, >> actually it's more consistent this way since before, the arrow keys only >> navigated built in items like wifi or the battery, third party items such as >> dropbox always have required VO navigation to access them. >> I can confirm that on the 2010 macbook, the same issue I had with my 2010 >> mac mini does happen, when using Alex, speech disappears, sometimes for a >> few seconds, sometimes completely, again, switching to a Nuance voice >> resolved it. >> I actually got a Christmas present for myself, a new mac mini, the issue >> does not happen on the newer hardware. I am using a fit headless adapter >> connected to the HDMI port, out of curiosity, I decided to disconnect it and >> see if voiceover was as sluggish as it used to be, surprisingly, I didn't >> notice much difference. I didn't run it this way for a long time, but I >> wonder if Apple has finally fixed this issue for voiceover users. 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