Custom Pronunciation Dictionary

📌 Overview

The pronunciation dictionary teaches Quinn how your organization says names, products, acronyms, and specialized terms. Add a pronunciation from a voiceover script once, and Quinn applies it across every course in your organization.

Step 1: Open Pronunciation Tools

Open a course in the editor, click the More options menu, and select Pronunciations.

Course editor menu with Pronunciations available

Step 2: Review Dictionary Entries

The Pronunciations panel lists the words your organization has already customized and how each one should sound. Use the play button to hear an existing entry.

Pronunciations panel showing an organization pronunciation entry

Step 3: Highlight the Word

In Voice Over Script, select the word or phrase Quinn should pronounce differently. Click Change pronunciation beneath the script.

Selected phrase in a voiceover script with Change pronunciation available

Step 4: Open the Editor

The Change pronunciation dialog shows the selected word or phrase. Click the pronunciation field to begin entering how it should sound.

Change pronunciation dialog ready for a phonetic spelling

Step 5: Enter the Pronunciation

Spell the term the way you would say it out loud, then click Next. For example, you can enter PEET-suh making for pizza-making.

Phonetic spelling entered for pizza-making

💡 Tip: Break unfamiliar words into clear syllables and use capitalization to emphasize the stressed sound.

Step 6: Preview and Use It

Click the play button under Play preview to hear the pronunciation. If it sounds right, click Use; otherwise, click Back and adjust the spelling.

Pronunciation preview with Play preview and Use controls

Step 7: Confirm the Entry

The new pronunciation appears in the Pronunciations panel and is marked New. Quinn will use it anywhere that exact word or phrase appears in your organization's courses.

Pronunciations panel showing the newly saved pizza-making entry