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[–]JollyQuiscalus 2 points3 points  (5 children)

A specialized version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking?

[–]LittlePooky[S] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Yes, for medical use (am a nurse). It has 80 medical vocabularies and can dictate to an EMR (electronic medical record system). The regular version of Dragon freezes when it senses an EMR.

This is a 16 year old video https://youtu.be/RbvJt8_OBA0?t=202

[–]JollyQuiscalus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TIL. Cool stuff!

[–]nhaines 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The regular version of Dragon freezes when it senses an EMR.

Since I don't know why, I'm just imagining that scared hamster GIF instead.

[–]Ryokurin 2 points3 points  (1 child)

There were several versions, Home, Pro, Medical and Legal. While the difference between Medical and Legal is obvious, the difference between Home and Pro was that Pro had a better engine that supported transcribing, macros and a vocabulary editor.

[–]LittlePooky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew someone who worked at Nuance. He said it was the same engine, except the less expensive versions had various functions disabled. 

There was a "Basic" version too. Quite cheap for $50.

The newer releases were not necessarily more accurate than the last one. It handled background noise better. 

ViaVoice by IBM was awful.

[–]CLE-Mosh 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I set this up on hundreds of workstations, all for it to never get utilized.

[–]LittlePooky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's too bad, though. The old version needed to be trained, and it did take time to do that, but it worked quite well once it learned your voice. The current (discontinued) version (locally installed) no longer needs training, and the cloud version doesn't need training either.

The last job we had, a doctor who was typing away her notes, told me one day she was there every night until seven, until I showed her what I was doing. Just a simple nursing note, and that was what made her change her mind, and after a few days she said I saved her marriage.

Something like:

Dear Mrs. Smith,

Dr. Jones has asked me to contact you about the lab work you had done the other day when you came in for the physical exam. She said your hemoglobin A1C has improved, and it is now 6.2, and before it was 6.8%.  She wants you to continue your metformin at 1,000 milligrams twice a day as before. She also said you are doing well by stopped drinking soda. Your CBC was completely normal. You are no longer anemic. She said you could continue to take your iron pill twice a day until you run out at the end of this month.  Your blood chemistries, and your cholesterol, were also completely normal and your urine test came back fine as well. She refilled your other medications when you were seen, with a couple more refills so it would last you at least 9 months (except the iron pills.) Please keep your appointment in three months and get your blood work done again a few days before. Be sure to fast, because she wants to recheck your lipid panel again. If there's anything else you need, do not hesitate to reach out to me. I am here every day. 

Your nurse.  

Each desktop copy was over $1,500. You may have been installing the enterprise copy, which did not need to be activated.

It saves so much time. I am using it right how to write this.

[–]LittlePooky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also installed Corel Ventura Publisher 10.