Many businesses need to convert recorded voice to text and have long been looking for ways to do it quickly and inexpensively. Transcribing medical dictation is a prime example.
Some years ago, when voice recognition software became commercially available, most people expected that the solution had finally arrived. Businesses looked forward to cutting down on transcription costs and everyone who hated typing looked forward to getting rid of their keyboard.
Unfortunately, the reality turned out to be rather different. Voice-to-text technology has been a big let down so far.
The fact is, voice recognition software is easily thrown off track by many different factors. If you dont speak clearly and distinctly, it may not give you the right output. If you try using it in a noisy place, it will fail more often than not. If you have an accent, it may not understand you. Even if you have a bad cold, youll find that the software may give incorrect results!
In other words, voice recognition software works reasonably well under ideal, laboratory conditions, but not in a typical home or business setting!
Healthcare professionals who attempted to use...