Voice recognition software

[sawbonz]

Do any of you who do a lot of correspondance use Dragon or other voice recognition software? We have in-house transcription, but we also wind up sending quite a bit out, and I spend almost as much time proofing the outsourced transcriptions as I do dictating them. We have an Electronic Medical Record for generating office notes, but it is so user unfriendly it is almost worthless. Dragon is prretty pricey up-front, but seems like it would pay for itself fairly quickly.

I would appreciate any thoughts from MD's attorneys or others who have tried it, especially with regards to use of macros, templates, etc.. Thanks in advance

 

[zzzz]

NYT Columnist (12/2):

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[sawbonz]

Thanks for the link zzzz. It seems like the way to go if you do a lot of dictation. Anyone with personal experience with Dragon?

 

[suttree]

Sawbonz, the technology still isn't there yet. I have some radiologist clients who have been heavy into this for a while and they say it was too frustrating to use. I would imagine it would have an especially hard time with all that scientific jargon you are dictating.