Benchmarks

Does a glossary improve accuracy?

A transcript may read well but still miss the name you use every day. A custom spelling tells WhisperARC which recognised form to change and how to write it. Start with the recurring words you keep correcting.

Wooden letter cubes spelling Whisperark = WhisperARC on a smooth pale sage background

Create a spelling rule

Open Spellings and choose General for terms you use across projects. Enter the form that appears in the transcript under Heard as. Enter the spelling you want under Write as, then select Add.

For example, a transcript might contain Whisperark when you meant WhisperARC. A rule from Whisperark to WhisperARC keeps the product name consistent when that recognised form appears.

Example custom spelling
Heard as: Whisperark Write as: WhisperARC Result: Open Whisperark → Open WhisperARC

Keep project vocabulary in its own glossary

Use a project glossary for a client's names or vocabulary that belongs to one subject. Select the project before the next recording. WhisperARC combines its entries with General.

If both glossaries define the same Heard as form, the project entry takes priority. This lets a project use its own spelling without changing the rule you normally use elsewhere.

Make the recognised form specific

Corrections match complete words or phrases. A rule for Whisperark does not replace that sequence inside a longer unrelated word. If recognition produces another spelling, add that form after checking a real sample.

Broad rules deserve care. A client name may share its spelling with an ordinary word. Use a longer phrase when that gives the rule a clear context.

Test the rule in the workflow it supports

Record a short sentence with the term and another with nearby ordinary wording. Read both results and check that the name changed as intended. Keep rules that save you repeated corrections.

Glossaries apply to microphone dictation and system-audio capture. They do not apply to imported file jobs. The glossary is captured when recording begins, so edits made afterward take effect on new recordings.

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