Philips, Nuance integrate voice recognition into SpeechExec

Evan Godt | | Health Imaging | Screening
Philips Speech Processing’s SpeechExec digital dictation system now fully supports Nuance’s Dragon Medical voice recognition.

Prior to the integration, the two companies had cooperated on optimizing the use of Philips dictation hardware, such as the Philips SpeechMike, with Nuance’s voice recognition software for healthcare.

Among the features of the integrated system is a correction editor which highlights text on screen in sync with audio playback. Dragon Medical is based on a medical recognition vocabulary; new words can be added and the system learns from each reviewed dictation document, according to Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance.

Evan Godt
Evan Godt, Writer

Evan joined TriMed in 2011, writing primarily for Health Imaging. Prior to diving into medical journalism, Evan worked for the Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis. He also has worked in public relations and education. Evan studied journalism at the University of Missouri, with an emphasis on broadcast media.

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