Dictation replacements

Replacements turn a spoken phrase into text you choose. For example, you can say “my mailing address” and have Nock insert your saved address.

Create a replacement

1. Open Settings → Dictation → Replacements.
2. Enter the phrase in When I say and the text to insert in Type.
3. Save the rule and use the phrase in a future dictation.

Matching is case-insensitive and uses whole phrases rather than parts of longer words. Longer matching phrases take priority. A replacement is applied once; the inserted text is not scanned for further replacements. Rules run after dictation cleanup and do not change spoken agent requests.

Nock supports up to 200 rules. A spoken phrase may be up to 80 characters and replacement text up to 4,000 characters. Keep sensitive expansions in mind: the result is inserted into the active app just like any other dictated text.

Fix a rule that does not match

• Check that the recognized words match your When I say phrase; punctuation and recognition errors can affect matching.
• Avoid using a phrase that also occurs inside a longer phrase you want to keep.
• Confirm that you are dictating rather than speaking to the agent.

For names that should keep their spelling without expanding into different text, use Your words. For the cleanup order, see Dictation polish.