AI Enhancement
When you speak, you don't speak in perfect sentences. You say "um", pause mid-thought, restart, skip punctuation, and trail off. That is normal. AI Enhancement takes the raw transcription and cleans it up before the text is inserted.
The result: you dictate a quick thought and get a polished sentence. Dictate a paragraph and get something you would be comfortable sending as an email.
Before and After
What you say:
"So um I was thinking we could like maybe move the meeting to Thursday instead of um Wednesday because I have a conflict"
What gets inserted:
I was thinking we could move the meeting to Thursday instead of Wednesday because I have a conflict.
What you say:
"Hey can you um send me the the report when you get a chance I need it for the uh the presentation tomorrow morning thanks"
What gets inserted:
Hey, can you send me the report when you get a chance? I need it for the presentation tomorrow morning. Thanks.
What you say:
"Note to self buy milk eggs bread and also pick up the dry cleaning before five"
What gets inserted:
Note to self: buy milk, eggs, bread, and also pick up the dry cleaning before five.
What It Does
- Removes filler words ("um", "uh", "like", "you know", "sort of")
- Removes accidental word repetitions ("the the", "I I")
- Adds punctuation and capitalisation
- Fixes grammar and sentence structure
- Preserves your meaning and intent -- it cleans up how you said it, not what you said
What It Does Not Do
- It does not change the meaning of your words
- It does not add content you did not say
- It does not translate between languages
- It does not store or learn from your transcriptions
Context-Aware
AI Enhancement is not running in isolation. It sees the text around your cursor -- up to 500 characters before and after the insertion point, plus any selected text. This means:
- Inserted text matches the capitalisation of its position in the sentence
- Punctuation adapts to context (no period if you are mid-sentence)
- Tone and formality match what you have already written
- List formatting is continued when you are adding to a list
Read more about context-aware editing.
How to Use It
AI Enhancement is enabled by default for Diction One subscribers. Toggle it off any time in the Diction app settings if you prefer raw transcription output.
When AI Enhancement is active, the transcription text (not the original audio) is processed by an AI model to produce the cleaned result. Audio is always discarded immediately after transcription, regardless of whether AI Enhancement is on or off.
Best For
- Emails and messages where you want polished output without editing
- Long-form dictation where filler words would clutter the text
- Professional contexts where grammar and punctuation matter
- Quick notes where you want clean text without going back to fix it