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Context awareness helps Scout use what you are already writing as local context. When it is on, Scout looks at the focused app and active text field so dictation is more accurate with names, jargon, sentence flow, and insertions into existing text.

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What Scout reads

Scout may use any of the following from the focused app:
  • text in the active field
  • selected text
  • text immediately before or after the cursor, when the app exposes it
  • nearby conversation or document text in the focused app, when exact caret context is not available
  • the active window title
  • the matched app label or app style, when available
Scout does not read background windows or take screenshots.

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Why it helps

Context awareness improves:
  • names, acronyms, server IDs, ticket numbers, and other uncommon terms
  • sentence continuation when you are dictating into the middle of existing text
  • corrections in longer documents, chats, editors, and support workflows
  • spacing and formatting decisions that depend on what is already around the cursor

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What gets sent

Scout keeps the raw context extraction on your device as much as possible.
  • Key terms extracted locally can be sent directly to the speech engine as recognition hints.
  • If Pro semantic correction runs, Scout may also send the current dictated text plus a short excerpt of text immediately before the cursor or field tail, the active app label, and the active window title to Scout for request-time correction.
  • Raw active-window text is not stored on Scout’s servers.
  • Dev builds may write local audit logs on your machine so you can inspect what Scout captured during debugging.

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Coverage varies by app

Not every app exposes the same accessibility data.
  • Best case: Scout gets the active field, caret position, and text before and after the cursor.
  • Fallback case: Scout gets field text or nearby conversation/document text, but not exact caret-relative text.
  • Some apps need app-specific handling, so coverage can improve over time without any workflow change on your side.
That means “context awareness” is not one single OS feature. It is a layered system: generic platform access first, then app-specific fallbacks where needed.

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Turn it off

You can disable context awareness at any time in Settings → General. Dictation still works when it is off, but Scout has less local context to work with.

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Verify what Scout captured

In dev builds, Scout writes local audit logs so you can inspect the captured context:
  • ~/.scout/context-audit.jsonl
  • ~/.scout/uia-debug.jsonl on Windows
These logs stay on your machine.