Dictionary

Dictionary teaches Kalam your vocabulary and fixes recurring transcription mistakes. Recognition entries hint the speech engine toward names and jargon. Replacement rules rewrite text after transcription when AI Improve is off. Both live on the Dictionary page as a single list you manage with New item.

What you see

Element	Purpose
Dictionary title	Subtitle: Recognition hints and post-transcription text fixes
New item	Opens the side panel to add vocabulary or a replacement
Recognition section	Vocabulary terms for speech recognition
Replacement section	Pattern → replacement text fixes

Each list row has Edit and Remove. Replacements show pattern → replacement; inactive rules can show Inactive.

Improve skips replacements

Replacements (and snippets / voice commands) do not run on profiles with Improve enabled — the AI output is treated as final. Use Dictionary replacements on modes where Improve is off, or rely on writing instructions under Improve instead. See AI polish and Dictation modes.

Do not use voice actions (new note, copy this, press enter, …) as replacement triggers — voice actions run on raw STT before dictionary replacements.

Side panel

Field	Purpose
Word or phrase	What the recognizer should learn, or the text to find after transcription
Replace with	Leave empty for vocabulary-only; fill in to create or keep a replacement rule
Badge	When Replace with has text: Will be replaced in transcript
Save / Cancel / Delete	Persist, dismiss, or remove the current entry

Panel titles: New item or Edit entry.

Recognition vs replacement

Type	How you create it	When it applies
Recognition	Enter Word or phrase, leave Replace with empty	Sent as vocabulary hints so speech recognition is more likely to hear names, brands, and jargon correctly
Replacement	Enter Word or phrase and a Replace with value	After transcription, finds the pattern in the transcript and substitutes the replacement (when Improve is off)

Replacement rules you add in the app use literal matching (exact phrase). The formatting engine also supports regex rules for advanced or migrated configurations; new items from this panel are literal find-and-replace.

Common tasks

Add a recognition term

1. Open Dictionary.
2. Click New item.
3. Type the term under Word or phrase.
4. Leave Replace with empty.
5. Click Save.

Add a replacement rule

1. Click New item.
2. Enter the text to find under Word or phrase.
3. Enter the corrected text under Replace with.
4. Click Save.
5. Confirm the entry appears under Replacement.

Edit an entry

1. Click the row or Edit.
2. Change Word or phrase and/or Replace with.
3. Clearing Replace with on a replacement converts it to recognition vocabulary; filling Replace with on a vocabulary term converts it to a replacement.
4. Click Save.

Delete an entry

1. Click Remove on the row, or open the panel and click Delete.
2. The list updates immediately; replacement changes also save with your settings.

How dictionary feeds transcription

1. Recognition terms are vocabulary hints for the speech engine — they steer spelling of uncommon words.
2. After the transcript exists, Replacement rules run as post-processing (alongside snippets and voice commands) when Improve is off.
3. With Improve on for the active mode, the AI rewrite is final; Dictionary replacements do not run on that dictation.

Names and brands

Add proper names under Recognition first. Use Replacement when the engine consistently writes the wrong spelling and you want a guaranteed post-fix.

Plan notes

Capability	Free	Pro / Trial	Max
Recognition vocabulary and replacements	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sync dictionary across devices	No	Yes	Yes
Modes with Improve (replacements skipped)	Improve locked (replacements always apply)	Yes	Yes

See Sync across devices.

Related

• Snippets — trigger → expansion (also skipped when Improve is on)
• AI polish — Improve behavior
• Dictation modes — per-mode Improve toggle
• Hotkeys and voice — voice commands vs dictionary
• Voice actions — do not reuse as replacement triggers