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Your Dictionary

Updated October 22, 2026

Speech-to-text gets names wrong. Your company, your colleague Rashida, the product you mention ten times a day. Your Dictionary is where you teach Lipo the words that must always come out spelled a certain way: names, brands, products, and people. It sits at the bottom of the Dictation tab.

For why names break in South Asian languages specifically, read Voice dictation that works for Bangla, Hindi, Tamil, and Urdu.

Two kinds of word lists

• All modes: words Lipo should always spell a certain way, whatever mode is active. Put your names, company, and products here.
• Mode-only lists: extra words for one mode. The section shows the list for the mode you selected (for example "Vibe Coding only"), and Lipo uses those words only while that mode is active. This keeps coding words out of casual messages, and the other way around.

Adding and removing words

1. Type the word or name into the Add a word… field and click Add. A word already in the list is not added twice.
2. Remove a word by clicking the × on its chip.
3. Long lists collapse. Click Show more to see every word.

Add words exactly as you want them written: correct capitalization, spacing, and punctuation. "DaVinci Resolve" comes out as "DaVinci Resolve" only if that's how you saved it.

How does Lipo learn from my fixes?

When you fix a word Lipo got wrong, Lipo adds the corrected word to your dictionary by itself. Learn from my fixes is on until you turn it off. The switch is at the top of the Dictionary section.

1. Dictate as usual. Lipo pastes the text.
2. Fix the word by typing in the same text box. For example, change "Tanjeel" to "Tanjil".
3. Lipo adds "Tanjil" to the All modes list and shows "Added “Tanjil” to your dictionary" on the pill.

Words Lipo learned have a small sparkle on their chip. Remove one with its ×, like any other word.

• Lipo watches only the text box it pasted into, for up to 90 seconds after the paste. It stops when you start the next dictation or send the message.
• Lipo learns names and special terms: people, places, companies, brands, products, and jargon. It does not add everyday words, grammar fixes, numbers, dates, links, email addresses, or file names. Rewriting a whole sentence does not count as a fix.
• Lipo reads the text box on your Mac. To decide whether a fixed word is a name or an everyday word, Lipo sends only that word and its sentence to the AI service that checks it.

The starting lists

Each mode begins with a curated preset so common names work out of the box: AI and creator tools in Casual, business tools in Formal, developer and AI-model vocabulary in Vibe Coding. These are just starting points: every list is fully editable, and removing a preset word is fine.

Word Library

Click Word library (shown for Casual and Vibe Coding) to see a collection of terms that speech-to-text often gets wrong: coding terms, tool names, and AI apps and models. Click any word to add it to your list, and use the search to find what you need.

Backed up with your account

When Back up dictionary and settings is on (the Backup section of the Settings tab), your dictionary is saved to your Lipo account and comes back automatically when you switch Macs or reinstall. Only your dictionary words and preferences are backed up, never anything you dictate.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of words belong in the dictionary?

Proper nouns and jargon: people, companies, products, project codenames, technical terms. Ordinary words don't need entries. Lipo already handles those.

Can Lipo add words to my dictionary by itself?

Yes. With Learn from my fixes on, when you fix a name or a term in text Lipo pasted, Lipo adds the corrected word to the All modes list and tells you on the pill. Turn it off at the top of the Dictionary section.

Does the dictionary work in every language?

Yes. Dictionary words are blended into transcription and cleanup whatever language you dictate in, which is exactly what keeps names intact when you use Translation.

Should a word go in All modes or a mode-only list?

If you'd say it in any context (your name, your company), put it in All modes. If it only comes up in one kind of writing, like a library name you only mention while coding, keep it in that mode's list so it can't distort other writing.