Settings
Custom Dictionary
Add names and legal terms for supported transcription surfaces.
The custom dictionary stores names, acronyms, and specialist terms for you or your Workspace. Open Settings → Custom Dictionary to manage entries.
Add an entry
- Open Settings → Custom Dictionary
- Add a word or short phrase
- Choose Personal if only you should use it, or Organisation to share it with the Workspace
- Save the entry
Add terms exactly as they should appear, including capitalisation.
Useful entries
- Partner, solicitor, counsel, and client names
- Company and organisation names
- Matter references and case names
- Legal Latin, abbreviations, and practice-area terminology
- Product names and uncommon place names
Where entries apply
Custom dictionary support varies by capture surface. Ardela Voice for desktop uses the dictionary to improve its live transcription. Do not assume an entry changes every browser or mobile transcript.
Entries affect future supported transcriptions only. They do not rewrite existing transcripts or generated documents.
Tips
- Start with recurring corrections instead of adding a large general word list
- Include the full term and an abbreviation only when both are spoken
- Remove stale client and matter terms when they are no longer needed
- Check confidential names against your firm's data handling policy