Dictation Preferences

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Definition

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Speech recognition mode

Controls how speech recognition is performed.

• Text streaming: Automatically displays the dictated text as the user dictates.

• Press to transcribe: Requires the user to press a button on the microphone to transcribe the dictation.
  NOTE: If you select this mode, the Enable Microphone Toggle preference has no effect; commands to toggle the microphone are ignored

• Disabled, which means speech recognition is not loaded. The user, therefore, cannot record or play back audio. This setting is typically used for technologists.
  NOTE: Do not select Disabled for editors; they need to be able to play back the audio to perform edits.

Text streaming

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Cursor position on transcribe

Controls the position of the cursor after the user presses the Transcribe button on the microphone.

• Cursor at the end: The cursor appears at the end of the transcribed text.

• Cursor at the beginning: The cursor appears at the beginning of the transcribed text.

• Text is selected: The transcribed text is highlighted.

Cursor at the end

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Select utterances shorter than

When the user dictates audio shorter than the number of characters you indicate here (for example, when she dictates short words, or the values in fill-in fields), the dictated content is automatically selected when she issues the "transcribe" command. She can then quickly edit the dictated content or move on to the next field.

NOTE: This preference is available only when you have selected either Cursor at the beginning or Cursor at the end as the Cursor position on transcribe preference.

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Beep on dictation start/stop

An audible tone sounds when the provider starts and stops dictation. Select No beep, On start, or On start and stop.

NOTE: Beep on stop is available only in Text Streaming mode; it is always suppressed in Press to Transcribe mode.

On start

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Beep on command recognized

An audible tone sounds when the software recognizes a voice command.

True

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Use PC speaker for sound alerts

Uses the computer's built-in speaker for beeps in the above two preferences.

True

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Turn off dictation when changing modes

If you select this option, dictation is automatically toggled off when the user switches screens, such as when moving from the Explorer screen to the Report screen, or when opening or closing dialog boxes that accept dictation input.

False

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Prompt to save speech files

Controls saving modified speech files when a user logs out of the application.

• Prompt: The user is asked whether or not to save.

• Always save: Speech files are saved without prompting.

• Never save: Speech files are never saved. Learning does not continue and new words added are not saved; the user must actively save any new words.

A user who has used the system for awhile and is satisfied with speech recognition accuracy might want to change this option to Never save.

Prompt

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AutoText voice command

The word or phrase you specify here is used as the voice command for inserting AutoText into a report. (The word Macro might be preferable for users accustomed to older speech-reporting applications.)

AutoText

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Enable microphone toggle

If you select this option and the start/stop button has been configured to turn the microphone on and off, the user can press the start/stop button once to turn the microphone on, use voice commands to start and stop recording, and then press the start/stop button to turn the microphone off.

False

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Microphone off idle time

The time the microphone is allowed to be idle before the system automatically turns it off.

3 minutes

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Save audio with report

Whether the dictated audio is saved to the server.

Set this preference for:

• Self-edit radiologists who want to play back their dictations

• Radiologists who send their reports for correction

CAUTION: Enable this option for self-edit radiologists only if they need to play back their dictations. This option adds considerable overhead to the server and delays opening and saving of reports.

False

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Accession number grammar rule

This preference allows fine-tuning of the speech-recognition rule used to identify accession numbers, for optimal accuracy. For example, an accession number might include digits only, or digits plus hyphens and slashes.

• Digit

• Digit hyphen slash

• Alphanumeric

• Alphanumeric hyphen slash

• Alphanumeric hyphen slash period

Digit

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Allow Dragon Formatting dialog

The user can access the Dragon Formatting tab, and modify the formatting settings for the application.

True

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Allow Dragon Options dialog

The user can access the Dragon Options tab, and modify the options settings for the application.

True

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Enable Dragon save correction to archive

Select this option if you want the speech recognition engine to collect correction data in the acoustic archive.

True

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Enable Dragon data collection

This option controls whether or not Dragon audio files (.DRA) are collected in the Dragon local cache and subsequently available for ACO/LMO. The software selects data for troubleshooting purposes; if recognition is unsatisfactory, a Nuance representative can use a log file to analyze the problem.

True

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Enable Dragon to collect data for research

Select this option if you want the speech recognition engine to save correction data for research purposes.

False

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Enable Dragon insert rejections into document

Do not change this preference unless you are instructed to do so by Nuance.

False

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Enable Dragon greedy replacement

If selected, replaces an entire word that has been only partially selected. For example, if a provider highlights only the letters im in superimposed infection, and then dictates “mild”, the resulting text would show mild infection.

True

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Microphone off delay

Do not change this preference unless you are instructed to do so by Nuance.

Disabled

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Short utterance retry delay

Do not change this preference unless you are instructed to do so by Nuance.

250 milliseconds