How to Fix AI Voice-to-Text for Construction Slang
By Evan Sutter
Dictating your defects in the field is incredible—until you get home and realize your AI turned "TPR valve" into "tee pee our vault."
Standard voice-to-text engines are built for general internet conversation. They are notoriously bad at understanding highly technical, niche construction terminology. You shouldn’t have to spend an hour every night editing your software's hallucinations.
To fix this, we built the Smart Glossary.
- Teach the AI: Inside your SwiftReporter dashboard, you can upload up to 300 custom industry terms, regional slang words, and acronyms (like AFCI, GFCI, or PRV).
- Bulk CSV Upload: Don't type them one by one. Drop your entire list into a spreadsheet and upload it with a single click.
- Perfect Accuracy: When you dictate an observation on-site, the AI cross-references your spoken notes against your saved glossary, ensuring it spells your niche terms perfectly on the very first try.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Why does voice-to-text misunderstand construction terms? Standard voice-to-text engines are built for general conversation. Highly technical construction acronyms (like GFCI) and architectural phrasing often confuse the AI, causing it to "hallucinate" incorrect words based on phonetic similarities. A Smart Glossary fixes this by training the AI on your specific vocabulary.