Word Replacements
Replace misheard text, abbreviations, or boilerplate after transcription.
What Word Replacements Do
Word Replacements are deterministic substitutions. VoiceInk applies them after transcription and paragraph formatting, before final cleanup and AI enhancement.
Use them for:
- Correcting repeated mishears, such as
voice ink->VoiceInk. - Expanding short phrases, such as
my website->https://tryvoiceink.com. - Inserting boilerplate.
- Normalizing names, products, commands, or punctuation-sensitive text.
Add a Replacement
- Open Dictionary.
- Select Word Replacements.
- Enter the original text in Original text.
- Enter the replacement in Replacement text.
- Press Return or click the plus button.
You can enter multiple originals separated by commas:
Voicing, Voice ink, Voiceing -> VoiceInk
Matching Behavior
- Matching is case-insensitive.
- For spaced languages, VoiceInk uses word boundaries so partial words are not replaced accidentally.
- For non-spaced scripts such as CJK, Thai, and Korean, VoiceInk falls back to substring replacement.
- Longer replacement groups are processed first so specific phrases can win over shorter ones.
Edit, Sort, Delete
The Word Replacements table can sort by Original or Replacement. Use the edit button on a row to update an existing replacement. Use the remove button to delete it.
VoiceInk prevents duplicate original tokens across replacement entries.
How It Interacts With AI Enhancement
Because replacements run before AI enhancement, the AI sees the corrected text. This helps enhancement preserve the replacement in the final output.
Quick Add
Open Dictionary -> gear -> Quick Add to Dictionary to assign a shortcut. The Quick Add panel can add either Vocabulary or Word Replacement entries without opening the main window.