Glossaries teach Tota the names, jargon, and acronyms you actually use, so "Vercel" doesn't come out as "versel". A glossary works in two layers:
- Live biasing — the active glossary's terms are fed to the Whisper model as a hint while it transcribes, nudging it toward your vocabulary.
- Phonetic matching — after transcription, terms that were still misheard are fixed by sound-alike matching (e.g. "and tropic" → "Anthropic"). Toggle this in Settings > Corrections > Phonetic vocabulary matching.
Using Glossaries
- Go to the Glossaries tab in the sidebar.
- Turn on the switch at the top of the page — glossaries are off by default, and the page shows only this switch until you enable it.
- Pick a glossary to make it active, or create your own and add terms.
- Keep glossaries focused: the live hint has a small budget (roughly 70–90 words), and a meter shows how much of it your glossary uses.
With the switch off, glossaries influence nothing at all. Even with it on, no glossary is active until you pick one, and your choice — including "no glossary" — is remembered across launches.
Built-in Starter Glossaries
- Development — common programming tools and product names.
- Names — a starting point for people's names.
- Medical — clinical terminology.
All built-ins are fully editable and deletable.
Auto-Pick by App
Optionally, Tota can switch glossaries based on the app you're dictating into — for example Slack → Names, VS Code → Development. Turn on Auto-pick glossary by app in Settings > Corrections (off by default). Apps without a match use your selected glossary.
Glossaries vs. Dictionary
The Dictionary learns corrections from your edits automatically; Glossaries are terms you provide up front. Use a glossary for vocabulary you know Whisper will struggle with, and let the dictionary catch the rest.
