Ensure Improve Assistive Voice Features Is Disabled

LowLevel 1Automatedmacos

Description

Improve Assistive Voice shares audio recordings and transcripts of Vocal Shortcuts and Voice Control interactions anonymously to Apple. These are recordings and transcripts from the user that are being submitted which may include PII or restricted organizational information.

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript <<'EOS'
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.Accessibility').objectForKey('AXSAudioDonationSiriImprovementEnabled').js
EOS

Expected output: false

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Profile (preferred): com.apple.Accessibility AXSAudioDonationSiriImprovementEnabled = <false/>.

Properties

Operating systems: macos-26
Tags: macossystem-settings
Reference: CIS Apple macOS 26 Tahoe Benchmark v1.1.0 - 2.6.3.3 Ensure Improve Assistive Voice Features Is Disabled

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target macos