speech context
# support
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We’re seeing name misrecognition issues with our Voice AI agent due to phonetically similar names (e.g. “Woosurk Han” being transcribed as “Ushad Khan”). Does VAPI currently support passing speech contexts / phrase hints / custom vocab to the transcriber? If yes, what is the correct config field or provider-specific override? Please advise how we can fix this issues.
v
To address name misrecognition, you can use Deepgram's keyword and keyterm boosting in your Vapi assistant's transcriber config. For example, to boost "Woosurk Han", add:
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"transcriber": {
  "provider": "deepgram",
  "model": "nova-2",
  "language": "en",
  "keywords": ["Woosurk", "Han"],
  "keyterm": ["Woosurk Han"]
}
This will help the model better recognize the intended name. See the [Vapi custom keywords documentation](https://docs.vapi.ai/customization/custom-keywords) for more details. Source: - [Vapi Custom Keywords Documentation](https://docs.vapi.ai/customization/custom-keywords)