Spellings & replacements

Choose the right kind of rule#

All three apply locally after speech recognition, with or without an Anthropic key. They change text; they do not train the speech model or automatically bias what it hears.

Add preferred spellings#

1. Open Settings → Vocabulary → Spellings.
2. Enter each word or phrase on its own line, exactly as you want it written.
3. Click Save.
4. Dictate a sentence containing the term and review the result.

TawkType
HR
API
GitHub

Matching ignores case and accepts flexible spacing between the words of a phrase. A spelling corrects a matching phrase; it does not infer that every vaguely similar sound means that phrase. If the recognizer outputs different words, add a replacement.

Add heard → typed replacements#

In Replacements, use one rule per line, with => between the recognized phrase and its replacement:

see sharp => C#
tawk type => TawkType
project alpha => Project Alpha

The left side should match the words that appear under Heard in History. The right side is the intended text, including capitalization and punctuation. Save the settings and test it in a sentence.

Both halves must contain text. Lines without => or with an empty side are ignored by the current text parser. You cannot use an empty right-hand side as a deletion rule.

How matching behaves#

Rules match whole phrases, ignoring case, rather than replacing arbitrary pieces inside longer words. Within each rule type, longer phrases are processed before shorter ones. Prefer specific phrases and avoid duplicate or overlapping rules whose order would surprise you.

Local processing expands snippets first, then applies replacements, then preferred spellings. A replacement can therefore be followed by a spelling adjustment. Modes add vocabulary ahead of the general list; avoid conflicting rules rather than depending on complex substitution chains.

When optional Claude rewriting succeeds, local vocabulary is applied again to its output. This helps restore an exact spelling that a rewrite might otherwise change.

Remember a correction from History#

1. Open History and select the dictation that came out wrong.
2. Edit the result to show what you wanted.
3. Choose Remember….
4. Review When you hear and Type this instead. TawkType proposes the changed phrase; refine it if needed.
5. Choose Remember to save the replacement.

Saving an ordinary history edit does not silently teach the vocabulary. Remember is an explicit action because a one-off edit may not be a rule you want applied everywhere. Saving the edited history result and remembering a vocabulary correction are separate choices.

Import and export your vocabulary#

Export… writes the main spellings, replacements and snippets into a separate JSON file. It includes the current vocabulary text-box edits. It does not export the entire settings file, model downloads, history or API key.

Import… loads a vocabulary into the current settings draft. It replaces the main vocabulary rather than merging it. Export a copy of your existing rules first if you want to keep them. Review the imported fields and choose Save to keep the change.

The standalone vocabulary file does not include mode-specific vocabulary. A file with none of the three populated lists is rejected instead of importing an empty vocabulary. For the file structure, see the settings reference.