Dictionary Auto Learn
Save useful corrections as word replacements.
Auto Learn suggests Word Replacements when you correct dictated text. It runs on your Mac without an AI provider or internet connection. You choose which suggestions to save.
Set Up Auto Learn
- Open Dictionary and click the gear button.
- Turn on Auto-Learn Dictionary. It is enabled by default.
- Set Suggest after to 1 correction, 2 matching corrections, or 3 matching corrections.
Start with 1 correction, the default. If suggestions appear too often, choose 2 or 3 so the same correction must happen more times before you see a suggestion.
Make sure VoiceInk has Accessibility permission in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.
Use a Suggestion
- Dictate into an app as usual.
- Correct a misheard word or short phrase. For example, change
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- Select Add Correction to save it, or Dismiss if you do not want that replacement.
Save only corrections you want applied to future dictations. Suggestions support up to five words in both the original and corrected text.
Dismissed suggestions do not return
Selecting Dismiss, or leaving a suggestion unanswered for 10 seconds, rejects that matching correction so it will not be suggested again.
Manage Saved Corrections
Open Dictionary → Word Replacements to edit or remove a correction you saved.
Auto Learn creates Word Replacements. To help VoiceInk recognize a name or term without setting a fixed replacement, add it to Vocabulary yourself.
If Suggestions Do Not Appear
- Check that Auto-Learn Dictionary is on and Accessibility permission is enabled.
- If Suggest after is set to 2 or 3, make the same correction that many times.
- Try another app. Some text fields do not support correction detection.
You can always add a Word Replacement yourself.