--- title: Editor settings description: Access additional settings on the Editor page to enhance your Matecat experience. Enable features like Dictation for speech-to-text, whitespace visibility, automatic tag positioning, QA by lexiQA, and a real-time character counter. Utilize the Automatic AI Assistant for context explanations, and cross-language matches for multi-language support. --- [Skip to content](https://guides.matecat.com/editor-settings#main-content) [![matecat-logos\_Tavola disegno 1 copia (1)](https://guides.matecat.com/hs-fs/hubfs/matecat-logos_Tavola%20disegno%201%20copia%20(1).png?width=200&height=40&name=matecat-logos_Tavola%20disegno%201%20copia%20(1).png)](https://www.matecat.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact us](https://guides.matecat.com/kb-tickets/new) [Contact us](https://guides.matecat.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) How can we help you today? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [User guide](https://guides.matecat.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Editor](https://guides.matecat.com/editor?hsLang=en) 3. [Settings](https://guides.matecat.com/editor?hsLang=en#settings) # Editor settings ## Settings you can enable from the editor page From the [Editor page](https://guides.matecat.com/translationeditor?hsLang=en), you can access extra settings to personalize Matecat to better fit your working style. Click on the gear icon to open the **Editor settings** page. ![](https://guides.matecat.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-18-2024-01-20-51-1987-PM.png?width=596&height=64&name=image-png-Oct-18-2024-01-20-51-1987-PM.png) You'll find a range of settings that you can customize to fit your preferences. These settings are saved to your profile, so they will be applied whenever you use Matecat. You can easily update them at any time if your needs or preferences change for a specific project. ![editor settings](https://guides.matecat.com/hs-fs/hubfs/editor%20settings.png?width=658&height=514&name=editor%20settings.png) #### **Dictation** When active, it allows you to use speech-to-text technology to dictate your translations rather than typing them out manually. Please note that this option is only accessible when using the Chrome browser. ![](https://guides.matecat.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-31-2024-10-13-42-2965-AM.png?width=630&height=80&name=image-png-Oct-31-2024-10-13-42-2965-AM.png) #### **Show whitespace characters** When active, whitespaces in segments and translation memory matches are replaced by a blue dot. ![](https://guides.matecat.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-31-2024-10-15-09-6112-AM.png?width=630&height=190&name=image-png-Oct-31-2024-10-15-09-6112-AM.png) #### **Guess tag position** When active, Matecat hides tags in segments and positions them automatically after the translation has been adjusted and the “Guess tags” button has been pressed, streamlining your workflow and reducing manual effort. #### **QA by lexiQA** When active, lexiQA’s automatic quality assurance checks (punctuation, double spaces, dates, URLs, symbols etc.) are performed on the supported languages. ![](https://guides.matecat.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-31-2024-10-17-51-2931-AM.png?width=630&height=88&name=image-png-Oct-31-2024-10-17-51-2931-AM.png) #### **Character counter** When active, a real-time character counter for the open segment (and broader translation unit) is displayed in the top-right corner of the segment panel. The way characters are counted depends on the character counter settings chosen by the project's owner (more details [here](https://guides.matecat.com/settings?hsLang=en#character-count)). The owner can adjust character counter settings both before project creation and after.  ![](https://guides.matecat.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-21-2025-04-16-42-5857-PM.png?width=670&height=140&name=image-png-Mar-21-2025-04-16-42-5857-PM.png) #### **Automatic AI Assistant** When active, the AI assistant is activated automatically when a word is highlighted. 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