# CCATP #835 — Adam Engst on Dictation and Contacts Hackery

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Podcast: [Chit Chat Across the Pond](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chit-chat-across-the-pond-951494)
Published: 2026-05-29T02:22:28+00:00
Episode link: https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/05/ccatp-835
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Duration seconds: 2488

## Resource

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

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