Smart Formatting & Backtrack

Smart Formatting is the part of Swifly that turns what you said into clean, readable text automatically — it punctuates your sentences, builds lists when you count items out loud, and lets you correct yourself mid-sentence without editing anything by hand.

You don't need to turn this on: it's always active while you dictate. There's no separate setting to enable or disable it.

Lists

Count items out loud — with "one, two, three" or "first, second, third" — and Swifly turns them into a numbered list automatically.

Say:

My top goals this week are one finish the report two send the presentation.

Swifly writes:

My top goals this week are:

1. Finish the report

2. Send the presentation

Say:

Packing list: first charger second passport third headphones.

Swifly writes:

Packing list:

1. Charger

2. Passport

3. Headphones

💡 Tip: Using "one, two, three" or "first, second, third" is what tells Swifly you're dictating a list.

Punctuation

Swifly adds punctuation for you automatically, based on how you naturally pause and phrase your sentences — the same way it would look if you typed it yourself.

You don't need to say punctuation marks out loud. Words like "comma" or "period" are transcribed as plain text, not converted into punctuation.

Backtrack: fixing what you just said

Backtrack lets you correct yourself mid-sentence without stopping to edit. When you restate something using a correction word like "actually" or "I mean," Swifly drops what you said before and keeps only your correction.

Say:

Let's do coffee at 2 actually 3.

Swifly writes:

Let's do coffee at 3.

Say:

Let's meet on Monday no wait Tuesday.

Swifly writes:

Let's meet on Tuesday.

💡 Tip: Short correction cues like "actually," "I mean," or "no wait" right before the fix make Backtrack more reliable than restating the whole sentence from scratch.

Alternate correction

You can also just restate your phrase more naturally — Swifly listens for the context and keeps the version that makes sense.

Say:

I wanted to buy a record as a gift… as a present.

Swifly writes:

I wanted to buy a record as a present.