Description
Voice recognition software has been available since
the early 1980s and has undergone a dramatic
improvement in terms of the degree of training
required and the accuracy of the software. This
technology lends itself to applications within the
medical profession but its overall take-up has been
relatively poor. In this article I will discuss my
experiences with this type of software as I have been
using this, in its various incarnations, for the last six
years.
Various systems are available and have
continuously been refined over the years. The only
system I have used is the Dragon Naturally Speaking
software and I originally started using version 4.0. I
am currently using version 8.10 but version 9 is now
available and I hope to obtain a copy shortly.
