Jargon and Homophones

You may need to type jargon for your job or special interests. Sometimes jargon words are regular words, but some jargon words are not, and they will not be recognized correctly. Utterly Voice can handle jargon, but you need to define jargon in your settings files.

Homophones (like-sounding words) are handled similarly to jargon. The advice on this page about defining jargon works equally well for homophones that you say often, but fail to recognize correctly in context.

Use Swaps for Jargon

You could use commands for jargon, but for most users, we recommend using swaps to define jargon terms. Swaps basically replace phrases with other phrases before the utterance is processed for commands and typing.

Put Jargon in its Own Mode

It helps to put jargon in its own mode. This way, you can easily activate and deactivate the mode.

Utterly Voice provides a "example jargon" mode with a few examples that you can alter or build upon.

Swaps That Sound Like the Jargon

You can create swaps that sound like the jargon. For example, consider a fake product named "crinkl". You can create a swap from "crinkle" to "crinkl".

Swaps With a Special Prefix

You can create swaps that start with a special prefix word for typing jargon. For example if you frequently type the word "byte", you can create a swap from "alternate bite" to "byte". There is nothing special about the word "alternate". You can use any word or words you like as a prefix to jargon swaps.