Add words that are never recognized. This tool has changed considerably recently.
Important Update April 2024
We have recently rolled out a brand new, specialized medical speech model. This model includes many of the words that have been reported to us in the past, as well as many other optimizations, and will provide much better overall accuracy.
That does mean that all of your existing MyWords had to be removed. This is because we're now using a completely different speech model, so any words that don't work are a coincidence. Furthermore, we found that having an excess number of irrelevant words had a negative effect on the overall accuracy.
We understand this came as a surprise, and we apologize for the confusion it caused. Continue to use Talkatoo normally, and add words as you come across them. Reach out with any questions.
Existing Customers
If you've been using Talkatoo for a while, you have no doubt noticed that things have changed recently. We rolled out a brand new, specialized medical speech model that includes many of the words that have been reported to us in the past, as well as many other optimizations, and will provide much better overall accuracy.
Existing MyWords lists Reset
This new model fundamentally changed the way MyWords works and as a result, we had no choice but to remove all of the existing words because the vast majority of words previously added were found to be not only unnecessary, but negatively affecting the outcome. We understand this came as a surprise, and we apologize for the confusion and distress it caused.
Previously, you were trained to add any problematic words to the MyWords list. Going forward, you will have to be more selective, adding only the words that never work. If you add words that sometimes work, you may find that they replace other words that start with the same letter.
See below for more details
New To Talkatoo
If you have a word that is never recognized, or has a unique spelling, you can add it either as a single word, or as part of a commonly used phrase to help Talkatoo recognize it.
With My Words, you're not programming Talkatoo, as it almost certainly already knows the word you're having trouble with. You're helping Talkatoo to prioritize the word over other similar sounding possibilities.
See the video below for an example.
The other possibility is that Talkatoo is expecting the word to be pronounced differently. One good way to check if you're pronouncing it correctly is to Google the word and pronunciation. e.g. "Hematochezia pronunciation". For other tips on improving the accuracy of dictations in Talkatoo, see this article.
If there is a word that you have added to My Words, and you are positive you are pronouncing it correctly, but it's still not being transcribed, you can report it by clicking A word I entered isn't working... at the top of My Words.
Syncing to Multiple Computers
If you use Talkatoo on multiple computers with the same user account, your My Words list will be available to all computers. However, at this time they are not synced in real-time; the words will only appear on another computer if you quit Talkatoo and relaunch it on the second computer (the one where you want the words to appear).
Multi User Accounts
If you have a multi-user account, it's important to note that My Words are individual to each login, and not synced between accounts.
To allow you to share words between individual accounts, we allow you to import the words using a CSV file. See this article for more information.