Teach dictation your words: vocabulary and replacements
Stop correcting the same names and terms. How custom vocabulary and exact replacements work in Sayburst, with real before-and-after examples.
Every dictation tool has a short list of words it always gets wrong for you: a colleague's name, your product, a library you use every day. Fixing them by hand is what makes dictation feel slow.
Vocabulary
Add the word once in Settings › Dictionary. Sayburst uses it three ways:
- Spelling and capitals. "github" becomes "GitHub", "macos" becomes "macOS".
- Near misses. If the model hears something close that isn't a real word, Sayburst corrects it. Parakeet once heard our own name as "Saberst" — with "Sayburst" in the vocabulary, it comes out right every time. Real words are never changed.
- Whisper hints. Whisper models are nudged toward your words while transcribing.
Replacements
A replacement turns an exact phrase into anything you want:
| You say | Sayburst types |
|---|---|
| my email | alex@example.com |
| sayburst dot com | sayburst.com |
| eta | ETA |
So "send the invoice to my email and link sayburst dot com in the footer" becomes:
Send the invoice to alex@example.com and link sayburst.com in the footer.
Replacements match whole phrases only — "beta" won't be touched by a rule for "eta" — and you can make one case-sensitive.
Import and export
Keep a list in a spreadsheet? Import a two-column CSV (find, replace). Rows with an empty second column become vocabulary. Export as JSON to move everything to another Mac.
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