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Manage Custom Dictionaries

Written by Marcel Goya

Updated May 6, 2024


Create a custom dictionary to improve the accuracy of your transcripts. Your dictionary trains LinguSocial AI to recognize unique jargon or any words not in a standard English-language dictionary and makes sure you get the most out of our time-saving AI features. Let's take a look at how to manage a custom dictionary in LinguSocial.

Add a keyword or phrase

  • Open the app
  • Click on Settings on the left side menu
  • Navigate to Custom Dictionaries
  • Enter the keyword or phrases
  • Select Save Dictionary

Important: You can enter up to 500 lines in total. Allowed characters include locale-specific letters and digits, white space characters, and special characters such as +, -, $, :, (, ), {, }, _, ., ?, @, \, ’, &, #, %, ^, *, `, <, >, ;, /. Other special characters are removed internally from the phrase.

Delete a keyword or phrase

  • Open the app
  • Click on Settings on the left side menu
  • Navigate to Custom Dictionaries
  • Select a dictionary for editing
  • Delete the line of text inside of the text editor
  • Select Save Dictionary

Supported languages

Custom dictionaries are not available for all languages and dialects. Below is the list of languages that support custom dictionaries.

  • Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
  • Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional)
  • Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified)
  • Chinese (Taiwanese Mandarin, Traditional)
  • Dutch (Netherlands)
  • English (Australia)
  • English (Canada)
  • English (India)
  • English (Ireland)
  • English (South Africa)
  • English (United Kingdom)
  • English (United States)
  • French (Canada)
  • French (France)
  • German (Germany)
  • German (Switzerland)
  • Hindi (India)
  • Indonesian (Indonesia)
  • Italian (Italy)
  • Japanese (Japan)
  • Korean (Korea)
  • Polish (Poland)
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Russian (Russia)
  • Spanish (Mexico)
  • Spanish (Spain)
  • Spanish (United States)
  • Swedish (Sweden)
  • Thai (Thailand)
  • Vietnamese (Vietnam)