Mac Dictation2 min read
Dictation
Dictation is a speech-to-text workflow where spoken words are converted into written text.
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Mallo glossary
Clear definitions for Mac dictation, voice typing, speech recognition, cleanup passes, and the workflow language around using Mallo well.
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Core terms for the Mallo workflow
Speech Recognition2 min read
Local-First Speech Recognition
Local-first speech recognition keeps audio processing on your device by default instead of sending every utterance to a remote server.
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Speech Recognition2 min read
Speech Recognition
Speech recognition is the system that turns spoken audio into text tokens a computer can work with.
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Mac Dictation2 min read
Voice Typing
Voice typing means speaking instead of pressing keys so spoken words become typed text inside an app.
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Vocabulary for setup, typing, and cleanup
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Voice Workflow2 min read
Cursor Insertion
Cursor insertion means generated text lands directly at the active caret position inside the app you are already using.
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Mac Dictation2 min read
Dictation
Dictation is a speech-to-text workflow where spoken words are converted into written text.
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Text Cleanup2 min read
Dictionary Replacement
Dictionary replacement is a rule-based text cleanup step that swaps known terms into the forms you want after speech is recognized.
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Voice Workflow1 min read
Hold-to-Talk
Hold-to-Talk means dictation runs only while you keep a shortcut pressed, giving you tight start-and-stop control.
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Speech Recognition2 min read
Local-First Speech Recognition
Local-first speech recognition keeps audio processing on your device by default instead of sending every utterance to a remote server.
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Mac Dictation2 min read
Multilingual Dictation
Multilingual dictation means a speech-to-text workflow can handle more than one language in real writing use.
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Speech Recognition2 min read
Speech Recognition
Speech recognition is the system that turns spoken audio into text tokens a computer can work with.
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Speech Recognition1 min read
Speech Model
A speech model is the engine that predicts text from audio and largely determines speed, language fit, and accuracy tradeoffs.
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Speech Recognition1 min read
Speech-to-Text
Speech-to-text is the process of converting spoken audio into written text.
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Voice Workflow1 min read
Toggle Dictation
Toggle dictation starts with one shortcut press and keeps listening until the user stops it with another action.
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Mac Dictation2 min read
Voice Typing
Voice typing means speaking instead of pressing keys so spoken words become typed text inside an app.
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Speech Recognition1 min read
whisper.cpp
whisper.cpp is an on-device inference runtime used to run Whisper-family speech models locally.
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