Choose the action based on what should happen to the term during the meeting. Use Recognize for terms that are often misheard, Replace to correct spelling, Block to hide a term, Do-not-translate to keep a term in its original language, and Translate as to use an approved translation.
Glossary actions
| Action | What it does | When to use it |
| Recognize | Helps speech recognition identify the term correctly. | Terms that sound like other words, such as homophones, or that are often misheard, for example when spoken by non-native speakers. For example, it makes sure "KUDO" isn't recognized as "kudos." Also use it to make sure terms you've added as Do-not-translate or Translate as are recognized. |
| Replace | Replaces a recognized word or phrase with text you specify. | Correcting frequent misspellings or enforcing a preferred spelling. For example, "Kudo AI" becomes "KUDO AI." |
| Block | Prevents the term from appearing in the output. | Profanity, or sensitive or confidential terms, such as an unannounced product codename. |
| Do-not-translate (DNT) | Keeps the term unchanged in translated output. | Brand names, product names and other terms that should stay in the original language. For example, a feature name made of everyday words, such as "Live Insights," stays in English in a French meeting instead of being translated as "Informations en direct." |
| Translate as | Uses a specific translation of the term for a given target language. | Approved terminology with an official translation, such as company or industry terms. For example, your approved French title for "Client Manager." |
Actions available by meeting type
| Meeting type | Available actions |
| Human interpretation | Replace, Block, Recognize |
| AI captions only | Replace, Block, Recognize |
| AI speech and captions | Replace, Block, Recognize, Do-not-translate, Translate as |
Note: Do-not-translate and Translate as apply only to meetings that use AI speech and captions.
Language support
Recognize, Replace, Block and Do-not-translate work in all languages. Translate as works in 32 languages. For the full list, see Which languages support the Translate as glossary action?
Each action also has its own term limit. Before a large import, see What are the limits for KUDO glossaries?
To see how these actions work together for one meeting, see the example in Get started with KUDO glossaries.