You know how this goes–
You’re typing in Microsoft Word or Google Docs or whatever you use.
You write a term the software doesn’t recognize, and little squiggly lines appear beneath the word to let you know it’s wrong. Maybe it’s an acronym or someone’s last name. You typed it correctly and you’ll be typing it again. So you right-click on the word and select “Add to dictionary” in the menu. Now the software recognizes that word and won’t flag it as incorrect.
That’s a super handy feature. I’d like to have the equivalent for audio transcription.
I record a lot of ideas using the Day One app. The premium version automatically transcribes the audio to text. I copy and paste that text to use as a starting point for writing. That’s how this blog post started, actually.
A lot of my Day One entries are about zines and guess what? The transcription rarely gets the word “zine” correct. “Zine” gets transcribed as “zen,” “scene,” or even just “Z.”
I want Add to dictionary but for audio.
How would that work?
Maybe I record myself saying the word a couple times? Then the software has audio samples to match to text outputs. I don’t have the technical knowledge to know how that would work. But it would be a useful feature to have.