Build Custom Words from your own emails and documents, then import them as a list

[Hanfried-76]

Problem

Custom Words work well, but filling the list by hand is tedious. The words that need it most are the ones I use constantly: names of people, companies and products, and industry terms. I usually only add one after it has been misheard several times.

Proposed solution

Most of these words already exist in my emails and documents, so the list could be generated from them:

1. An external AI tool of the user's choice analyzes their emails and texts.
2. It identifies frequently used words that speech recognition is likely to get wrong, such as proper names, and outputs them in a structured format.
3. The user reviews the list and imports it into Handy.

Handy would not need to read emails or include any AI for this. It would only need:

• A documented import/export format for Custom Words, such as JSON or plain text with one word per line
• An import option in the settings that merges the list with existing entries and skips duplicates
• Optionally, a sample prompt in the docs that people can use with their preferred AI tool

Why not just edit the settings file?

That works for technical users, but it isn't a documented workflow for everyone else. A simple import would also make the list easier to transfer between machines and keep up to date.

Related

• Bulk impot of Custom Words #1988 and Feature request: Bulk import for custom words dictionary #1321 (bulk import): this adds a way to generate the list
• Mark the words the model was unsure about, and learn Custom Words from corrections #2310 (learning from corrections): this fills the list upfront, before the first mistake
• Optional live vocabulary provider for context-aware dictation #2189 (live vocabulary): this is a permanent list and needs no live interface

I know Handy is in a feature freeze, so this is mainly to see whether others would find it useful.