# Improve accuracy for names and technical terms

Source: https://help.contextli.com/articles/improve-accuracy-for-names-and-terms

Add the names, brands and jargon Contextli gets wrong to **Dictionary** > **Vocabulary** with **Add Term**. Also check that **Transcription Language** matches the language you speak and that the right microphone is selected.

## Add words to your vocabulary

1. Click **Dictionary** in the sidebar.
2. Click the **Vocabulary** tab.
3. Click **Add Term**.
4. In **Word or name**, type the word exactly as it should be spelled, for example a colleague's name, your company or a product term.
5. Click **Save** (or press Enter).

![Dictionary page, Vocabulary tab with names and terms](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6ae9f572170cd8d9857a277c/images/contextli-dictionary-vocabulary.webp)

Vocabulary helps Contextli recognise these words when you speak. It does not replace text. If you want a spoken phrase turned into different text, use a [text replacement](/articles/add-text-replacements) instead.

## Fix older notes

After adding terms, open **Notes** and click **Retranscribe** on a note to process its audio again with your new vocabulary.

## Other things that improve accuracy

1. **Set the right language**: Settings > General > **Recording** > **Transcription Language**. Pick the language you will speak. There is no automatic detection, so a wrong setting gives poor results.
2. **Pick your actual microphone**: Settings > General > **Microphone**. Choose the specific device rather than System Default.
3. **Wait for the start sound** before you speak, so your first words are not cut off.
4. **Use a decent mic** close to your mouth, in a quiet room.
5. **Turn on Polished Transcription** if you want punctuation and grammar fixed. See [Turn Polished Transcription on or off](/articles/turn-on-polished-transcription).

![Settings, General tab: recording mode, keyboard shortcut, microphone and transcription language](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6ae9f572170cd8d9857a277c/images/contextli-settings-general-recording.webp)

## Team vocabulary

Vocabulary can be shared with your team through a Space, so everyone gets the same names and terms right. Items shared with you appear under **Shared with Me** on the Dictionary page.

## Still getting it wrong?

Email support@contextli.com with an example of what you said and what Contextli wrote.

## Related articles

- [Add text replacements (shortcuts) to the dictionary](/articles/add-text-replacements)
- [Change the language you dictate in](/articles/change-the-transcription-language)
- [Dictation is slow or cuts off my first words](/articles/dictation-is-slow-or-cuts-off-the-start)
- [Find, copy and retranscribe your notes](/articles/find-and-manage-your-notes)