General settings control Scout’s startup behavior, context awareness, and other preferences. Access them in Settings → General.Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scoutvoice.ai/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
Start on boot
When enabled, Scout launches automatically when you log in to your computer. This is on by default.Auto-install updates
When enabled, Scout automatically downloads and installs updates on launch instead of prompting you. You can toggle this in Settings.Context awareness
Context awareness helps Scout produce more accurate and naturally formatted text by reading context from your focused app. How it works:- Scout reads text from the focused text field, including selected text and nearby content in the focused app
- When the app exposes it, Scout also uses text immediately before and after the cursor
- It reads the active window title and matched app label for additional context
- Key terms are extracted locally on your machine
- These terms are sent as hints to the speech engine to improve recognition accuracy
- If Pro semantic correction runs, Scout may also send a short preceding-text excerpt plus app metadata for that one correction request
- It does not read content from other windows or background apps
- It does not take screenshots
- Raw active-window text is not stored on Scout’s servers
When context awareness is off, dictation still works normally — you may just see slightly less accurate spacing and term recognition in some cases.