Custom Vocabulary

Improve transcription accuracy with specialised terms, brand names, and custom words.

Overview

Speech recognition sometimes struggles with specialised terms — medical terminology, brand names, legal jargon, technical vocabulary. VoxInk lets you add custom words to improve accuracy, ensuring your dictation captures the exact terms you use every day.

Dental Terminology

VoxInk includes a built-in dental/medical vocabulary bias. When enabled, the local transcription engine is prompted with common dental and medical terms, improving recognition accuracy for clinical dictation.

Enabling Dental Terminology

  1. Click VoxInk in the menu bar
  2. Click Dental Terminology (a checkmark appears when active)

This biases the transcription toward dental terms including:

Category Example Terms
Procedures composite, extraction, endodontic, periodontal, prophylaxis
Anatomy mesial, distal, buccal, lingual, occlusal
Conditions caries, gingivitis, periodontitis, malocclusion
Equipment OPG, CBCT, intraoral scanner
Note
Dental Terminology works with the local transcription engine (On This Mac). Cloud providers have their own vocabulary handling.

Custom Words

Add any words, terms, or names that VoxInk should recognise correctly. This is useful for brand names, staff names, product names, and any domain-specific vocabulary not covered by the built-in dental terminology.

Adding Custom Words

  1. Click VoxInk in the menu bar
  2. Click Custom Words...
  3. Enter words separated by commas
  4. Click Save

Example Entries

  • Brand names: Orthophos, VistaScan, Acteon, CEREC
  • Staff names: Dr. Ramirez, Dr. Patel
  • Product names: GC Fuji, Ketac, Filtek
  • Technical terms: CBCT, OPG, RPD, PFM

How Vocabulary Biasing Works

When you add custom words, VoxInk gives the speech recognition engine a hint about what words to listen for. This makes it much more likely to correctly hear specialised terms, especially when they sound similar to common words.

Tips for Best Results

  • Add the exact spelling you want (including capitalisation)
  • Include abbreviations and their full forms if both are used
  • Add commonly confused words (e.g., "molar" vs "molars")
  • Keep the list focused — a few dozen well-chosen terms work better than hundreds
  • Periodically review and update your word list
Tip
Custom vocabulary is most effective with the local transcription engine. Cloud providers may handle specialised terms differently.

Advanced: Config File

Custom vocabulary is saved automatically when you use the menu. If you prefer, you can also edit the settings file directly — open it from VoxInk → Settings → Open Config File:

{
  "medical_vocab": true,
  "custom_vocab": ["Orthophos", "VistaScan", "CEREC", "Dr. Ramirez"]
}

Most users won't need to do this — the menu is the easiest way to manage your words.

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