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It would be a mistake, however, to attempt a significant reduction or re-allocation of staff until there is full confidence in the completely installed and tested module. Because VR creates text from dictated words, the required level of secretarial support may decline, and because financial reality imposes a will of its own, eventual staff reduction becomes almost a quid pro quo during negotiations with administrators. Also, VR systems do not take vacations, become ill, or require pension benefits. On the positive side are speed and the lure of rapid turnaround. The technology allows dictation at up to 160 words per minute.Ī successful switch to VR has major implications (positive and negative) for one's patterns of practice and staffing. The system deploys Voiceover, a server-based version of the Dragon core engine (developed by Voicebrook, Lake Success, NY that integrates with applications not built for speech. The Department of Pathology at North Shore University Hospital (Manhasset, NY) has introduced voice recognition (VR) technology-the automatic conversion of speech to text ( Fig. Digital recording has replaced tape recording in many places and offers several advantages in managing workflow, such as the automatic assignment of priorities in typing or the monitoring of individual work products. However, cassette contamination and the poor resistance of these machines to chemical onslaught are well-known problems. NOCHOMOVITZ, in Modern Surgical Pathology (Second Edition), 2009 REPORT DICTATION AND VOICE RECOGNITIONįor simple report dictation, an ordinary tape recorder suffices when there are no alternatives.

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