Text Snippets

Text snippets let you create shortcuts that automatically expand into longer text during transcription. Say a short trigger phrase and get a full expansion.

How Snippets Work

When Dicta detects a trigger phrase in your transcription, it automatically replaces it with the expanded text.

Example:

  • Trigger: “sig”
  • Expansion: “Best regards, John Smith”

When you say “sig” at the end of a sentence, Dicta will replace it with your full signature.

Creating Snippets

  1. Open Dicta
  2. Navigate to Snippets in the sidebar
  3. Click the ”+” button to add a new snippet
  4. Enter your trigger phrase
  5. Enter the expansion text
  6. Save the snippet

Snippet Ideas

Email signatures:

  • Trigger: “mysig” → Expansion: “Best regards, [Your Name]”

Common phrases:

  • Trigger: “omw” → Expansion: “On my way!”
  • Trigger: “ttyl” → Expansion: “Talk to you later”

Professional templates:

  • Trigger: “meetreq” → Expansion: “I’d like to schedule a meeting to discuss…”
  • Trigger: “followup” → Expansion: “Following up on our previous conversation…”

Code snippets:

  • Trigger: “logit” → Expansion: “console.log()“

Tips

  1. Keep triggers unique: Use triggers that you won’t accidentally say in normal speech
  2. Use abbreviations: Short triggers are easier to remember and say
  3. Test your snippets: Make sure triggers don’t conflict with words you commonly use
  4. Organize logically: Group related snippets with similar naming conventions