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Vox knows which app you are in. A profile lets you change its behaviour per app, so dictating into a terminal does not have to work the same way as dictating into email.

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What a profile can change

TODO: this is the core of the article and it needs the real list. Candidates:
  • The vocabulary in play
  • Whether text is auto-punctuated
  • Formatting, for example plain text vs markdown
  • What the buttons do
  • Which voice commands are active
Confirm which of these are actually per profile today, and drop the rest.

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Creating a profile

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Open Settings

TODO: name the exact section.
2

Add a profile and pick an app

TODO
3

Adjust the settings you want to differ

Anything you do not change falls back to your default settings.

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How Vox picks a profile

The profile follows the frontmost app. Switch apps and the profile switches with you, with no action needed. If no profile matches the app you are in, your default settings apply. TODO: confirm what happens with edge cases. Browsers are the important one: is a profile per browser, or can it be per site?

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Profiles worth setting up

Turn off auto-capitalisation and auto-punctuation. Add your project names, function names, and CLI tools to the vocabulary.
Leave punctuation on. This is where you want the most formatting help.
TODO: probably shorter, less formal, no trailing period. Confirm what is adjustable.

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Seeing which profile is active

TODO: is the active profile visible anywhere while dictating? If it is not, that is worth saying plainly so people are not looking for it.