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Chris Smashe edited this page Jun 17, 2026 · 5 revisions

Dictionary & Term Packs

The Dictionary holds corrections and terms that TypeWhisper applies to your transcriptions, plus built-in term packs you can toggle on and off. Dictionary corrections and vocabulary boosting run as part of the dictation post-processing pipeline.

The Dictionary page: the vocabulary-boosting toggle, the All / Terms / Corrections / Packs tabs, search, and the add-entry row (Correction / Term)

Corrections vs. terms

There are two kinds of entry, which is what the All / Terms / Corrections tabs filter on:

  • Corrections rewrite recognized text. Each has an Original and a Replacement, and any occurrence of the original in a transcription is replaced.
  • Terms are single entries (Original only, no replacement) that boost recognition of that word or phrase. They do not rewrite text; they help the engine recognize the term in the first place.

You add either kind from the add-entry row by choosing Correction or Term.

Dictionary entries

Each entry supports the following:

Attribute Description
Starring Mark an entry as starred. Starred entries sort first.
Priority An integer from 0 to 999. Entries sort starred-first, then by priority (high to low), then alphabetically.
Case-sensitive Match the original exactly by case (off by default).
Enabled Per-entry toggle; disabled entries are not applied.
Source How the entry originated: Manual, Import, CorrectionSuggestion, or AutoLearned.
Times applied How many times the entry has been applied to transcriptions.
Times corrected How many times the entry has been corrected.

Entries sourced from CorrectionSuggestion and AutoLearned come from edits you make in History. They are only saved here automatically when Auto-learn approved history corrections is enabled on the Dictation settings page — that toggle is off by default, so without it your history edits are reviewed inline in History rather than saved here automatically.

A learned dictionary entry — "app → application" — a Correction-type entry with a CorrectionSuggestion source, showing its priority, times-applied counter, star, and enable toggle

Importing and exporting entries

You can export all dictionary entries to CSV and import entries from CSV (duplicate entries are skipped on import). This makes it easy to back up your vocabulary or move it between machines.

Built-in term packs

TypeWhisper ships built-in term packs that you can enable or disable with toggles. Turn on the packs relevant to your vocabulary to improve recognition of those terms.

The built-in term packs (Web Development, .NET / C#, DevOps & Cloud, Data & AI, Design, Game Development, Mobile, Cybersecurity, and more), each with a term count and an enable/disable toggle

Vocabulary boosting

Vocabulary boosting from the dictionary is applied in the dictation post-processing pipeline, so your terms and corrections shape the text after transcription. This works alongside dictionary corrections during the same post-processing stage. Next to the boosting toggle, a status line reports how many terms are eligible — e.g. "N active term(s) available for boosting" (or "No active terms available for boosting" when there are none).

Related pages

  • History — where correction suggestions are generated and auto-learned into the dictionary.
  • Snippets — reusable text expansions that complement dictionary terms.

Changelog

Date Change
2026-06-17 Initial version.
2026-06-17 Added Dictionary and term-packs screenshots.
2026-06-17 Added correction entry-detail screenshot; documented the auto-learn requirement.
2026-06-17 Fixed the entry source label (CorrectionSuggestion, not Correction); added the correction-vs-term distinction, CSV import/export, per-entry case-sensitive and enable toggle, the active-terms boosting status, and the 0–999 priority / sort order.

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