[✨ FEATURE] A spelling/language preference for Australian/British English (en_AU or en_GB)

[BirdyOz]

Hi, thanks for FluidVoice. I have recently started using it on macOS and it is already looking very promising.

I am based in Australia and normally write using Australian/British English spelling conventions. Native Apple Dictation on my Mac correctly outputs Australian spelling, for example colour, centre, organise, and enrolment.

However, when using FluidVoice, the output appears to revert to US English spelling, EVEN WHEN using Apple Speech as my chosen voice engine. For example color, center, organize, or enrollment.

I could not find a way to provide custom instructions or a language/style preference to Fluid Voice or Fluid Intelligence. Would you consider adding one or more of the following?

• A spelling/language preference for FluidVoice and/or Fluid Intelligence, such as:
  • English UK
  • English Australia
  • English Canada
• custom post-processing prompt/instruction field.
• a way to explicitly select the Apple Speech recognition locale, such as en_AU or en_GB.

Example desired behaviour:
Dictated: Please colourise the centre panel and organise the enrolment behaviour.

Expected Australian/British output:
Please colourise the centre panel and organise the enrolment behaviour. (CORRECT)

Current US-style output:
Please colorize the center panel and organize the enrollment behavior. (INCORRECT)

This would be very helpful for users outside the US, especially where spelling conventions matter in professional writing. Thanks again for the work on FluidVoice. It is a really impressive tool.

[grohith327]

Hey @BirdyOz, thanks for the feedback. We will think about incorporating an i18n lib or tweaking the prompt to ensure the output is in the right locale. Also add it as an option in the Advanced Prompts tab @altic-dev.

For now, I have compiled a list of popular word replacements to en-AU locale 😅. I have attached a json file, you can import them by navigating to the Custom Dictionary tab and clicking on the import button on the top right. This will automatically translate some of the words to en-AU as they are spoken. Try it out, let me know if you run into any issues.

en_US_to_en_AU_FluidVoice.json

Screenshot

[BirdyOz]

Wow, thanks so much for your prompt and considered response. The custom dictionary is a great starting point, but I most look forward to locale support and/or training prompts to ensure the output is en-AU. This will avoid the need to constantly maintain a custom dict.

For example, all of the possible '-ise' VS '-ize' suffixes.
(In your screenshot, it still incorrectly spells colourize with a 'z' - this should be colourise with an 's')

Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing the next release.