> For the full page index, fetch https://echonova.ai/llms.txt # Your terms Add the names, products and acronyms you use, and how they are heard, so every transcript and live session is spelled your way. Speech to Text writes what it hears. A bank name, a product or an acronym often comes out spelled the way it sounds. **Your terms** is a list you keep, so the transcript uses your spelling instead. It applies to files and to [Live transcription](/docs/playground/live-transcription). ## What you need - Access to the **Speech to Text** page. ## Steps ### Step 1: Open your list On the **Speech to Text** page, find the **Terminology** row and press **Edit**. The row shows how many terms you have, such as **3 terms**, and the hint **Spell names, products and acronyms your way**. You can also press **Edit** on the **Your terms** card of any transcript. A panel titled **Your terms** slides in. Until your list has loaded, its fields are off. If it cannot load, the panel reads **Could not load your terms.** Press **Try again**. ### Step 2: Add a term Type the spelling you want in the box that reads **Correct spelling**, then press **Add term**. For example, `Emirates NBD` or `KYC`. The term joins your list at once. There is no save button. ### Step 3: Add the ways it is heard Under a term, press the box that reads **+ heard as…**, type a way it is heard, and press Enter. Add as many as you need, such as `kay why see` for `KYC`. Each one shows as a chip. A chip's cross removes it. A term with no ways added is still used. The ways help when the audio is heard differently each time. ### Step 4: Remove a term Press the cross at the end of a term's row. The label reads **Remove** and the term. The term goes from your list, and the next transcript no longer uses it. ### Step 5: See what it fixed On a transcript's page, each term shows a count such as **2 fixed**: how many words it corrected in that transcript. Open the panel from the transcript to see them. ## How your terms are used - The list is saved for the whole workspace. Everyone in it uses the same list. - A transcript uses the list as it was when you pressed **Transcribe** or **Start live**. A term you add later applies to the next transcript. **Retry** on a saved row uses your list as it is when you press **Retry**. - On a transcript, a corrected word is marked in the text. Point at it to see what was heard. - Close matches that were not changed appear under **To review** as **Did you mean?**, with **Accept** and **Dismiss**. **Accept** adds what was heard to that term's ways, so the next transcript fixes it on its own. - A **Your terms** switch on the transcript turns the corrections off, so you read the words as heard. Downloads follow the switch. See [Read a transcript](/docs/playground/reading-results). ## Limits | What | Limit | | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Terms in your list | 500 | | Ways a term is heard | 10 | | Characters in a term or a way | 100 | | Repeated entries | Not allowed. Capital letters and extra spaces are ignored when comparing. | ## Messages | You see | What to do | | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Type something first.** | The box is empty. Type a term. | | **Keep it under 100 characters.** | Shorten it. | | **This is already in the list.** | The term, or the way it is heard, is already there. | | **You can add up to 500.** | Remove a term you no longer need. | | **Could not save your terms. Try again.** | Your list went back to its last saved version. Make the change again. | | **Could not load your terms.** | Press **Try again**. | ## Worked example You work at a bank, and your calls mention `Emirates NBD` and `KYC`. Open **Edit** on the **Terminology** row, add `Emirates NBD` and `KYC`, and add `kay why see` to `KYC`. You transcribe `call.mp3`. The text reads `KYC` where the speaker said it, and the **Your terms** card on the transcript shows **Corrected** with the count. Switch **Your terms** off and you read the words as heard. ## Troubleshooting ### A term was not corrected Check that it was in your list when you pressed **Transcribe** or **Start live**. Add the way it was heard to the term, then transcribe again. Or press **Accept** on its row under **To review**. ### The Your terms switch is missing No terms were sent with that transcript. Add terms and the next one has the switch. ### The card says my terms could not be applied The transcript shows the words as heard. Transcribe the file again to apply your list. ## FAQ ### Do my terms change transcripts I already made? No. **Accept** fixes the word on the page you are reading until you leave it, and adds the way it was heard to your list for the next transcript. ### Can a teammate see my list? Yes. It is saved for the workspace, so everyone in it shares one list. ### Can I use the same terms in the API? Yes. See [Custom terminology](/docs/developers/stt-terminology). ## Related - [Transcribe a file](/docs/playground/transcribe-a-file): where the **Terminology** row sits. - [Live transcription](/docs/playground/live-transcription): your terms apply as the text arrives. - [Read a transcript](/docs/playground/reading-results): the **Your terms** switch and **To review**. - [Custom terminology](/docs/developers/stt-terminology): send terms from your own code.