CCATP #835 — Adam Engst on Dictation and Contacts Hackery

CCATP #835 — Adam Engst on Dictation and Contacts Hackery

From Chit Chat Across the Pond by Allison Sheridan

May 29, 2026 · 41 min

About this episode

Adam Engst discusses dictation engines and how to hack Apple's dictation for unusual names.

In this week's episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, we go into the dark abyss that is Adam Engst's brain and learn how that brain influences his choice of dictation engines. He then explains how he's hacked Apple's dictation into correctly spelling unusual names of places by creating fake contacts. As always it's a fun ride, and as always he has a terrific post on the subject at tidbits.com/... Read an unedited, auto-generated transcript with chapter marks: CCATP_2026_05_28 Referral Links: Setapp - 1 month free for you and me 15% off Carbon Copy Cloner Wispr Flow - 1 month free for you PETLIBRO - 30% off for you and me Parallels Toolbox - 3 months free for you and me Learn through MacSparky Field Guides - 15% off for you and me Backblaze - One free month for me and you Eufy - $40 for me if you spend $200. Sadly nothing in it for you. PIA VPN - One month added to Paid Accounts for both of us CleanShot X - Earns me $25%, sorry nothing in it for you but my gratitude

People in this episode

Host: Allison Sheridan

Guest: Adam Engst

Topics covered

  • dictation
  • contacts hackery
  • technology
  • Apple
  • productivity

Keywords

  • dictation
  • contacts
  • Apple
  • technology
  • productivity
  • hackery
  • names

Sponsors

Setapp, Carbon Copy Cloner, Wispr Flow, PETLIBRO, Parallels Toolbox, MacSparky Field Guides, Backblaze, Eufy, PIA VPN, CleanShot X

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, tidbits.com

Products: Carbon Copy Cloner, Wispr Flow, PETLIBRO, Parallels Toolbox, MacSparky Field Guides, Backblaze, Eufy, PIA VPN, CleanShot X

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