Import your vocabulary from Dragon, Wispr Flow or Office
Bring word lists, auto-texts and snippets from other dictation software into Dictate's dictionary and snippets.
- Applies to
- Windows, macOS
- Version
- Dictate 0.4.0-beta.6
First export your vocabulary as a file in your current software. Then bring it into Dictate:
- Open Personalize›Dictionary or Personalize›Snippets. Both pages import words and snippets from the same file.
- Click Import at the top right. The Import from other software dialog opens.
- Click Choose file and pick the file.
- Dictate shows how many words and text blocks it found in the file, and detects the format. Click Apply. If it is the wrong file, pick another one with Choose file or close the dialog with Cancel.
Dictate then reports how many words and text blocks it added. Imported words carry the note Imported in the list.
Import is available on these plans: Basic, Professional, Dedicated. On other plans Import is greyed out.
Which files Dictate reads
| File | From | What it becomes |
|---|---|---|
Word list .txt | Dragon, including Dragon Medical One | Words. A line spelling\pronunciation becomes a word with a spoken form. |
Commands .xml (MyCommands) | Dragon | Snippets. The command name becomes the trigger. |
Dictionary .csv | Wispr Flow | Words. A line with two columns counts as "misheard" and "written". |
Snippets .json | Wispr Flow | Snippets |
Dictionary .dic | Microsoft Office, on Windows usually CUSTOM.DIC in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\UProof | Words |
Text file .txt | any, one word per line | Words |
.json | an export from Dictate | Words and snippets |
A CSV file can use a comma or a semicolon as separator. Dictate skips a header line such as "word". It detects the character encoding itself, including UTF-16 as written by Dragon and Office. A file can be up to 20 MB.
What Dictate leaves out
- Macros and scripts from Dragon commands. Only commands that insert text become snippets. The preview gives the number of skipped entries.
- Entries that are too long, for example a word with more than 100 characters.
- Duplicates. If a word already exists, Dictate only adds new spoken forms. If a trigger already exists, your existing snippet stays as it is.
If Dictate finds nothing, it shows No entries were found in this file. If it cannot read the file, or the file is larger than 20 MB, it shows The file could not be read.
A Dragon user profile cannot be brought over. A dictionary for a team in the MediSync Dashboard is imported by the team admin in the Dashboard, see Team dictionary in the Dashboard.
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