The problem with VoiceInk
I really want voice ink to work well for me, period. I purchased it when it first came out and I have wished ever since then that it would work for me, period. Here's the problem, colon, new paragraph. When I dictate text to be used somewhere, comma, I always…
I really want voice ink to work well for me, period. I purchased it when it first came out and I have wished ever since then that it would work for me, period. Here's the problem, colon, new paragraph. When I dictate text to be used somewhere, comma, I always use punctuation commands as part of what I'm saying period. Whisper flow is able to understand those most of the time successfully, period. Voice ink is not period. I dictated this paragraph with voice ink, comma, and as you can see, comma the results are disappointing to say the least period
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Not that I can find.
Your preference isn’t wrong—explicit punctuation is an accessibility and workflow habit, and a dictation app should support both styles. One useful test is to dictate both “that was a difficult period in my life” and a sentence where “period” is meant as a command. If the app only offers global word replacement, I wouldn’t enable it because it can corrupt real prose. The robust fix is a command-aware mode or prompt with contextual examples, not a blind replacement.
Thank you! I appreciate your understanding and your support. The thing that gets me is this: WisperFlow can do this "out of the box", with no special fiddling or tweaking, so why can't VoiceInk?
Thank you! I appreciate your understanding and your support. The thing that gets me is this: WisperFlow can do this "out of the box", with no special fiddling or tweaking, so why can't VoiceInk?
Thanks. I will try that. Sounds like what I need, we'll see.
All these replies from folks who probably never had to use voice transcription before LLMs starting doing it (as a medical person, have been dictating for decades and those prompts were inherently necessary for the transcriptionist and it's just an engrained habit at this point it feels unnatural to transcribe normally no matter how hard I force the issue). OP I COMPLETELY get it and it's a frustration I have with the app as well. The v2.0 did have something making those prompts work correctly for those like us but i've not been able to get it to work consistently. I don't find that the app does a consistent job with punctuation and definitely doesn't handle new paragraphs, etc so I'm right there with you. One person suggested putting rules in place and that's probably the right answer but I've not yet taken the opportunity to try it. Might circle back and try that again as I've not found another yet that I prefer otherwise. VoiceInk has been very good outside of that.
Sadly, this did not work reliably for me. It's difficult to set up and use, and it began translating my spoken words into Russian before I finally gave up on it.
I actually think VoiceInk 2.0 addresses this with their default Dictation enhancement turned on. It’s in the prompt, no?
This is how you use voice assistants like Siri -- telling it what punctuation to apply. It's not how you use a transcription tool.
I just purchased VoiceInk, so I don't know much about the app yet. Generally, all of these apps require you to edit the prompt for the specific mode. If you go to your modes and adjust the prompt to include obeying commands with examples like `new line` or `colon`, it should theoretically work. Give it a try
The cool thing about VoiceInk, in my experience, is that it gets the punctuation right 90% of the time. I don’t have to say “period” or “comma” anymore, which is why I like it. It detects my speech cadence and puts punctuation in the right place .
i'd test this as two separate modes before giving up on it. one mode should be normal dictation where you stop saying punctuation and let it infer commas/periods. the other should have a very explicit prompt like: when i say 'period', output '.', when i say 'new paragraph', start a new paragraph, and never write those command words literally. if the second mode still writes the words out, then it is probably a real VoiceInk workflow gap rather than you using it wrong.
This seems like a skill-issue. Just don't dictate punctuation anymore. Let the LLM handle fixing the punctuation.
Why would you be saying your punctuation? Stop doing that then use VoiceInk. Or, create your own prompt instructions and make it work. 👍
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