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    Number 61, April 2007

MTIA PRESENTATION ON TRANSCRIPTIONIST TRAINING

The Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) held its 18th annual conference on April 19-21, 2007 in Jacksonville, Florida.  Lee Stephen, programmer, was a featured speaker at the Vendor Showcase, and talked on "Training the Transcriptionist of the Future."  He spoke on training transcriptionists to use server-based speech recognition and appropriate medical terminology and style.  He described multiple ways in which SpeechMax™ can be used to create customized transcriptionist training files, including use of "speech censor" feature to delete confidential audio and text PHI (patient health information) to create sanitized training material.  He met with transcriptionists, transcription service organizations, and others at the company booth and association functions.   For those of you who missed the presentation, or would like further information on company products, you can review the pre-meeting eBlast, or email lstephen@customspeechusa.com.

SPEECHMAX
DOCUMENT PROTECTION

SpeechMax™ now supports lock/unlock of session files to prevent unauthorized editing.  It may be used with session files created using Dragon, IBM, and Windows Vista speech engines, AT&T Natural Voices, NeoSpeech VoiceText, and other third party applications   You can make the passkey available to the next user to unlock the file.  You can also distribute protected documents, reports, and other session files to other users for display with a FREE reader/viewer/player "read-only" version that supports viewing the files in "locked" mode only.   Lock/unlock is available with full version, as well as the limited My AV Notebook™ editor for creation of multimedia presentations for work,  home, or personal use, e.g., lectures, sales presentations, oral histories, electronic scrapbooks, audio books, or other audiovisual content.

Screen shot shows session file representing audio-linked text for a medical report and nondictated headers and footers.   A report such as this could be created with speech recognition using Talking Form™ "fill-in-the-blank" form.  In the example, a medical transcriptionist has completed edit of the server-based speech recognition, and is creating a passkey to lock the file before sending for approval by the dictating physician.  The transcriptionist could optionally notify the physician of the passkey so that he/she could unlock and edit.  Click here to view.  To resize the image in Internet Explorer, hover the cursor over the image and click resize button if automatic resize feature is enabled.

MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ORGANIZATION WITH MY AV NOTEBOOK™ FOR $29

Need an easy way to organize your multimedia and other files?  Consider  My AV Notebook™.   With this inexpensive, but powerful tool, you can create a "table of contents" or other list of saved files.  You can create this list in the main read/write document window and enter text with keyboard or speech recognition.  Images and graphics may also be added to the HTML text editor window.  Add text notes in the annotation window, or record comments with audio annotation feature to describe file content.  If required, import audio file with annotation tab to create a session file that is a complete record of the speech or music file.  You can also list Windows Media, Flash, and other  video files in the main document window, open them for play from the text annotation window, and create text or audio comments for these videos.  Document protection is available for My AV Notebook™.

Screen shot shows music group organizing its recording files.  It has entered short description in main read/write window, and used audio import tab of annotation window to save recording  #3 as part of the session file.  Text file path was entered as a text annotation.  It represents an external link showing the original file location for recording #3, i.e., where the audio file was imported from.  Click here to view screen shot.  To resize the image in Internet Explorer, hover the cursor over the image and click resize button if automatic resize feature is enabled.

HAVE VOIP BUT NEED TELEPHONE DICTATION?

CallDictate™ telephone dictation server software has been used by law firms, medical offices, and transcription services.  If you already have PBX or VoIP, contact us if you would like to add telephone dictation to your preexisting telephone system.   Among its features, the system supports easy reentry into the dictation audio if a cellular network drops a call.

SPEECHPROFESSIONAL LITE FOR DICTATION, TRANSCRIPTION, AND SPEECH RECOGNITION

As described last month, "Lite" version, priced at $169, is intended for an office that does not need the workflow management features of the full version.   Use with Olympus, Sony, and Philips handheld recorders, Dragon, IBM, and Windows Vista speech recognition, and standard, off-the-shelf USB transcriptionist footpedal.  Software includes audio conversion and other desktop dictation and transcription utilities.  Twin-speaker stereo Spectra headset with stereo plug for computer use and durable, three-position Infinity USB footpedal are available with  "Lite" for a package price of $229.  Both the Lite and full versions may use Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9, and a transcriptionist footpedal to playback session file audio.  For more information on the "preferred version," go to Nuance website 03.30.07

SWEETSPEECH™ FOR HEBREW

English and many foreign languages are available with speech recognition from major manufacturers, such as Nuance Communications (Dragon), IBM, Microsoft, Philips, and others.  Yet some languages, dialects, and accents are underserved.  The company has recently been investigating use of  SweetSpeech
to create speech recognition for Hebrew.  As was reported last month in relation to M3 Medical Management Services for transcription, the same program may be used to create custom speech user profiles for FMGs (foreign medical graduates) dictating in English with accents related to their place of birth.  If you have a potential interest in developing or using speech recognition for Hebrew, please click here.

NUANCE TO ACQUIRE BEVOCAL

"Speech and imaging solutions supplier Nuance Communications continues the acquisition tidal wave that began with its purchase of Lernout & Hauspie in 2001.  The latest round of buy-outs has found Nuance acquiring BeVocal, a self-service customer care solutions provider targeted at the mobile communications market, for approximately $140 million."  Speech Technology (April 2007)


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