Comments for Speech Recognition http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com News from a technology that is transforming healthcare practice Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on SpeechMagic / Dragon Comparison - Response to Reader Comment by speechrecognition http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/speechmagic-dragon-comparison-response-to-reader-comment/#comment-1045 speechrecognition Tue, 13 May 2008 01:35:37 +0000 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-1045 Hi Dena, Then again, SpeechMagic is an engine, while Winscribe position themselves as an enterprise solution provider. Therefore, you might want to compare Winscribe with other enterprise solutions as listed in the following thread: http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/speechmagic-dragon-comparison-response-to-reader-comment/ Hope this helps, C Hi Dena,

Then again, SpeechMagic is an engine, while Winscribe position themselves as an enterprise solution provider. Therefore, you might want to compare Winscribe with other enterprise solutions as listed in the following thread:

http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/speechmagic-dragon-comparison-response-to-reader-comment/

Hope this helps,
C

]]> Comment on SpeechMagic / Dragon Comparison - Response to Reader Comment by Dena http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/speechmagic-dragon-comparison-response-to-reader-comment/#comment-1044 Dena Mon, 05 May 2008 21:30:09 +0000 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-1044 Hello. I was wondering how SpeechMagic might compare to WinScribe? Thanks for your help. Hello.

I was wondering how SpeechMagic might compare to WinScribe?

Thanks for your help.

]]> Comment on Smells like Team Spirit… by Okko http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/smells-like-team-spirit/#comment-1037 Okko Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:51:39 +0000 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/?p=240#comment-1037 Go Habs Go! Thanks for this blog. Good to find people on the blogosphere with similar interests (hocked aside). Go Habs Go!

Thanks for this blog. Good to find people on the blogosphere with similar interests (hocked aside).

]]> Comment on Speech Recognition Goes South by JulieW8 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/speech-recognition-goes-south/#comment-1035 JulieW8 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:37:30 +0000 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/?p=235#comment-1035 Very interesting post! Thank you for that. We get a bit egocentric here in the US and forget these things are happening all over. I will definitely subscribe to this blog. I'm very interested in this technology and how it's being used. Very interesting post! Thank you for that. We get a bit egocentric here in the US and forget these things are happening all over.

I will definitely subscribe to this blog. I’m very interested in this technology and how it’s being used.

]]> Comment on Speech Recognition: The End of Medical Transcription? by JulieW8 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/speech-recognition-the-end-of-medical-transcription/#comment-1034 JulieW8 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:14:58 +0000 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/speech-recognition-the-end-of-medical-transcription/#comment-1034 I think there will be a future for MTs but I don't know that it will be the same exactly as what we do now. I do think we need to start speaking up about how speech recognition doesn't make us 50% more productive but we've taken a 50% cut in pay to do it. Most MTs I know working on speech editing make more money typing. I think there will be a future for MTs but I don’t know that it will be the same exactly as what we do now. I do think we need to start speaking up about how speech recognition doesn’t make us 50% more productive but we’ve taken a 50% cut in pay to do it. Most MTs I know working on speech editing make more money typing.

]]> Comment on Risking a SpeechMagic-Dragon Comparison? by speechrecognition http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/risking-a-speechmagic-dragon-comparison/#comment-1025 speechrecognition Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:06:16 +0000 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/risking-a-speechmagic-dragon-comparison/#comment-1025 My reply to David's comment: http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/speechmagicdragon-more-comments/ My reply to David’s comment:
http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/speechmagicdragon-more-comments/

]]> Comment on SpeechMagic / Dragon Comparison - Response to Reader Comment by speechrecognition http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/speechmagic-dragon-comparison-response-to-reader-comment/#comment-1024 speechrecognition Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:05:58 +0000 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-1024 My reply to Eric's comment: http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/speechmagicdragon-more-comments/ My reply to Eric’s comment:
http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/speechmagicdragon-more-comments/

]]> Comment on SpeechMagic / Dragon Comparison - Response to Reader Comment by Eric Jacques http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/speechmagic-dragon-comparison-response-to-reader-comment/#comment-1022 Eric Jacques Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:21:33 +0000 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-1022 Thanks for the response Claire. Although I think I'm even more confused now... As you'll guess, I don't know much about speech recognition in healthcare but I do have an interest in speech recognition in general. I'd also like to thank you for this blog; there aren't many on the subject. Your comments led me to do some more research on the corporate web sites of Nuance and Phillips. SpeechMagic is described as "a document creation platform which enables healthcare IT systems providers to deliver seamlessly integrated digital dictation and speech recognition capabilities to hospitals, clinics and group practices." Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical (which I'm assuming is the product you were comparing) seems to simply be a voice recognition front-end for an EMR system. Or as they put it "A front-end real-time speech recognition program that works with virtually any Windows®-based EMR system for effcient report completion, and easy navigation and adoption of the EMR." I'm not sure what an EMR is (Electronic Medical Records??) but from the descriptions I get the impression that SpeechMagic is an EMR. This is why I'm confused; it still doesn't seem like an apples to apples comparison. Finally, your comparison came out on Nov. 9th and I don't know when Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical 9 came out but their brochures indicate that no training is required. Were you comparing to their previous version? Finally, Dragon seems like a PC-based solution whereas SpeechMagic seems to be server-based. They really seem to address very different tasks/markets. Thanks again! Thanks for the response Claire.

Although I think I’m even more confused now…

As you’ll guess, I don’t know much about speech recognition in healthcare but I do have an interest in speech recognition in general. I’d also like to thank you for this blog; there aren’t many on the subject.

Your comments led me to do some more research on the corporate web sites of Nuance and Phillips.

SpeechMagic is described as “a document creation platform which
enables healthcare IT systems providers to deliver seamlessly
integrated digital dictation and speech recognition capabilities
to hospitals, clinics and group practices.”

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical (which I’m assuming is the product you were comparing) seems to simply be a voice recognition front-end for an EMR system. Or as they put it “A front-end real-time speech recognition program that works with virtually any Windows®-based EMR system for effcient report completion, and easy navigation and adoption of the EMR.”

I’m not sure what an EMR is (Electronic Medical Records??) but from the descriptions I get the impression that SpeechMagic is an EMR.

This is why I’m confused; it still doesn’t seem like an apples to apples comparison.

Finally, your comparison came out on Nov. 9th and I don’t know when Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical 9 came out but their brochures indicate that no training is required. Were you comparing to their previous version?

Finally, Dragon seems like a PC-based solution whereas SpeechMagic seems to be server-based. They really seem to address very different tasks/markets.

Thanks again!

]]> Comment on Risking a SpeechMagic-Dragon Comparison? by David Shepherd http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/risking-a-speechmagic-dragon-comparison/#comment-1021 David Shepherd Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:51:45 +0000 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/risking-a-speechmagic-dragon-comparison/#comment-1021 If not PowerScribe, would it not be better to compare Speech Magic to Enterprise Express. For organisation wide Digital dictation and speech recognition surely you need to compare apples to apples. If your reply to Eric is to be followed: And comparing Philips Speech Magic to PowerScribe is like comparing an engine to a car. Then you points in the article demonstrate that you are comparing the Dragon Engine to the Speech Magic car. "SpeechMagic clearly sets apart as an enterprise solution more equipped to fit the needs of large healthcare facilities" Price / Shared vocabulary / corrections / Workflow / File storage and confidentiality / Medical Dictionaries. All these features are in the Enterprise Express Car using the Dragon Engine! If not PowerScribe, would it not be better to compare Speech Magic to Enterprise Express. For organisation wide Digital dictation and speech recognition surely you need to compare apples to apples.
If your reply to Eric is to be followed:
And comparing Philips Speech Magic to PowerScribe is like comparing an engine to a car.
Then you points in the article demonstrate that you are comparing the Dragon Engine to the Speech Magic car.

“SpeechMagic clearly sets apart as an enterprise solution more equipped to fit the needs of large healthcare facilities”
Price / Shared vocabulary / corrections / Workflow / File storage and confidentiality / Medical Dictionaries.

All these features are in the Enterprise Express Car using the Dragon Engine!

]]> Comment on Front-end or Back-end Speech Recognition? by speechrecognition http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/front-end-or-back-end-speech-recognition/#comment-1020 speechrecognition Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:51:54 +0000 http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/front-end-or-back-end-speech-recognition/#comment-1020 Click here to read my reply to Syed’s comment: http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/speech-recognition-impact-on-the-medical-transcription-profession/ Click here to read my reply to Syed’s comment:

http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/speech-recognition-impact-on-the-medical-transcription-profession/

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