Dictionary

Whisper has never heard your coworker’s name or your product’s code name. The dictionary fixes that. Open it from Settings › Dictionary.

Two kinds of entries

• Terms. Just type the word the way it should be spelled, like Kubernetes, Anaïs or mrgnhnt. Leave When I say empty. Kass gives these to Whisper as hints, so it recognizes them in the first place. When Whisper still gets one a little wrong, like Kubernetis or cuber netes, Kass spells it your way after cleanup. It never changes an everyday word you actually said.
• Replacements. Fill in When I say and Write. When you say “my email”, Kass can write your email address. Use this for spoken shortcuts and for words Whisper keeps getting wrong in the same way.

Whisper can only take so many hints at once. Terms that don’t fit are still fixed after cleanup.

Only the exact spelling

Fixing near misses is usually what you want, but not for names that have close cousins: a Meghan term would also turn a real Megan or Meagan into Meghan. With Beta updates on (Settings › General), you can stop that: click the pencil on the entry and turn off Also fix words that sound like it. The word is still given to Whisper as a hint and still gets its capitals fixed, but words that only sound like it are left alone. The entry shows exact spelling.

When you fix a word by spelling it out loud, Kass adds it to the dictionary this way by itself, marked spelled aloud. Delete it like any other entry if you don’t want it, or edit it to make it your own.

You can have up to 1,000 entries of up to 200 characters each.

Where an entry applies

Each entry can apply Everywhere, to one or more writing styles, or to specific apps. When two entries conflict, the more specific one wins, so an entry for Slack beats an entry for Everywhere.

Add a word from a capture

Spotted a misspelled name in a past dictation? Open it in Captures, select the word (in the text, or while you’re correcting it), click Add to dictionary above the selection, and type the correct spelling. It applies everywhere unless you pick apps or styles under Applies in.