[athen] accommodation ideas?

[Baker, Nick]

Dragon has a Medical version.

	Nick

Nick Baker
Assistive Technology Coordinator
Disability Services for Students
The University of Montana

32 Campus Drive
Lommasson Center 154
Missoula, MT 59812

Voice: 406-243-2663
Text:   406-243-2243
FAX:   406-243-5330
e-mail: nick.baker at mso.umt.edu
 


> -----Original Message-----

> From: Nick Ogrizovich III [mailto:defnick at yahoo.com] 

> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 8:02 AM

> To: athen at lists.oregonstate.edu

> Subject: [athen] accommodation ideas?

> 

> hello fellow AT folks, 

> 

> recently, i've been asked to resolve a somewhat unique problem.

> we have a medical student who is going to start doing rounds 

> in a hospital in town. she wants the ability to verbally 

> utter her patient notes and have it captured as text. (ala dragon) 

> 

> however, she wants the accuracy rate to be at least 90%. i 

> have misgivings about dragon being that accurate when using 

> medical jargon. any success stories?

> 

> are there any other ways to address this? so far, the idea is 

> to get a workstation situated in a quiet place for her 

> somewhere in the hospital, and she would return to this 

> station, speak out her notes, make minute corrections, and 

> just do this all day.

> 

> for the initial time period while we see if this all works, i 

> suggested that she use a voice recorder, and then use 

> transcription services to get verbatim text, which she can 

> copy/paste into notes if need be.

> 

> she originally wanted a portable solution, but i just dont 

> see how this can be done accurately. (using a wireless mike 

> and then hoping a remote laptop would get everything right...?)

> 

> 

> any ideas are greatly appreciated, thanks!

> 

> nick ogrizovich

> university of vermont 

> 

> 

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