Re: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite
From: Ruth Conroy (ma7lawa@iol.ie)
Fri, 3 Aug 2001 05:41:25 -0500 (CDT)
Where can i find the 30 day trial version,
http://www.dictation-station.com/ seems to be down, email me at
ma7lawa@iol.ie
thanks
At Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Steve & Lee Spratt wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I apologize for the length of this reply to your two very
>succinct questions, but this program does so much, so well,
>that I wanted to give you an accurate representation of its
>capabilities for use in your practice.
>
>That said, on to the fun part!
>
>Dragon NaturallySpeaking™ Medical Suite
>
>Smart Practices
>
>Managing your time wisely is the key to increasing patient
>satisfaction while reducing overhead, overtime, and stress.
>
>Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite is a
>strongly-enhanced version of the widely acclaimed,
>award-winning Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech-recognition
>software product. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite is
>the first product designed specifically for the medical
>professional to use in creating general medical documents by
>speaking naturally and directly to your PC or into a
>recorder.
>
>You can quickly create medical reports, patient notes,
>medical records, correspondence, and e-mail. You can even
>eliminate the fees paid to an outside service. And, there's
>no need to wait for hours, or even days, for your work to be
>transcribed.
>
>With Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite you can increase
>your productivity and be more responsive to your patients.
>
>Dictate, format, and edit your text within Microsoft® Word
>97 and Corel® WordPerfect® 8.
>
>You can also dictate directly into virtually any Windows
>application including PowerPoint®, Excel®, Eudora Pro™,
>Microsoft Exchange, and Lotus® SmartSuite.
>
>The large active vocabularies have the words and terms that
>most doctors use on a regular basis. There is a total
>vocabulary of 240,000 words and you can select a
>comprehensive active vocabulary of 30,000, 45,000, or 55,000
>words. Spelling, pronunciation, context recognition and word
>usage information is included for each word.
>
>Use the extensive medical vocabulary of thousands of terms
>including medication names, medical procedures, diagnoses,
>symptoms and conditions, and common acronyms to create your
>medical documents quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively.
>
>You can say the terms the way that you are used to saying
>them and the words will be spelled the way you expect them
>to be spelled.
>
>Now with Natural Language Commands you don't have to
>memorize a set of fixed commands to edit, format and
>navigate in Microsoft® Word 97. State the commands in a
>natural manner and natural language commands will respond.
>
>The revolutionary Vocabulary Builder™ lets you tailor
>vocabularies to the way you speak and write. It analyzes
>your chosen electronic documents automatically in order
>to find new words, specialized terms, and proper names. The
>words are added with their correct spelling, pronunciation,
>and context usage information for optimal
>performance. You can create multiple vocabularies for
>multiple specialties or personal interests.
>
>Examples of the medical vocabulary included in Dragon
>NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite.
>
>Medication names: ACTH, acyclovir, Adriamycin, alprazolam,
>amikacin, captopril, Fansidar, Halcion, Hemoccult,
>verapamil, zidovudine
>
>Medical procedures: augmentation, biopsy, bronchodilation,
>cholangiography, debridement, dialysis, excision,
>laparoscopy, lymphadenectomy,
>
>Medical diagnoses: adenopathy, candidiasis,chlamydia,
>cryoglobulinemia, emesis, fasciitis, hemangioma,
>hemochromatosis, natriuresis
>
>Diseases: Addison's alopecia, anthrax, Crohn's,
>diverticulosis, Parkinson's seborrhea, teratoma
>
>Editing and formatting by voice is made easy in Dragon
>NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite. Control your mouse and
>enter keystrokes without typing, by speaking directly to
>your PC. Easily edit, format, correct, change, or find any
>word or phrase by saying intuitive commands, such as "bold
>that" or "select". Move your mouse pointer with
>pinpoint accuracy, click buttons, and activate menus by
>saying simple speech commands.
>
>Increase your speech recognition accuracy by 25% with
>BestMatch™. A major advance in speech recognition technique,
>Dragon Systems' BestMatch technology uses many new
>capabilities including enhanced and expanded speech and
>vocabulary models to deliver greater accuracy. BestMatch
>requires a powerful PC.
>
>The following are examples of natural language command
>groups, with different ways to accomplish the same task.
>
>To make a table:
>
> Create a table with four rows and five columns, or
>
> Add a four by five table, or
>
> Insert table five columns by four rows.
>
>To change a color
>
> Turn the next paragraph red, or
>
> Color the following paragraph red, or
>
> Make next paragraph red, or
>
> Select the following paragraph. Make it red.
>
>Macros are speech commands that allow you to enter
>boilerplate text into documents or execute complicated
>commands with a single word or phrase. You can speech-enable
>your existing macros and create new macros to fill in
>medical templates that you use on a regular basis.
>
>The Command Wizard™ feature makes it easy for you, your
>technical staff person, or a Dragon Systems Reseller to
>create macros. The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite
>does not come with macro templates.
>
>Sample designs for medical macros:
>
>You say, "Request Lab Tests," and Dragon NaturallySpeaking
>Medical Suite opens up a standard request form for
>laboratory services.
>
>You say "Bill Smith," and Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
>Suite fills in the patient information.
>
>You then request "full work up" and "send results to office"
>to complete your request.
>
>You say, "Check e-mail Messages," and Dragon
>NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite goes to your e-mail and
>opens any new mail.
>
>You say, "Open Patient History Bill Smith," and Dragon
>NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite opens up a "patient history
>file" for "Bill Smith" and prompts you to fill in the form.
>
>Dictating on the Go
>
>Record notes and letters, anywhere, anytime into an approved
>handheld recorder. When you are ready to transcribe them
>simply connect your recorder to your PC, and Dragon
>NaturallySpeaking will immediately put your words into your
>PC and onto your screen.
>
>NaturallyMobile™ software makes dictating easy, reliable,
>and flexible. You can dictate or, if you prefer, save your
>dictation on a disk, on your network, or as an e-mail
>attachment, and then send it to the person who will be
>working with your files.
>
>Main Features
>
>True Continuous Speech: Speak to your computer naturally and
>at a normal pace - up to 160 words per minute and more -
>without pausing between words. Your words are immediately
>transcribed on the screen and into your documents.
>
>Highly Accurate: The accuracy that PC World reported as 98%
>and that PC Week found to be "95% or higher" is now even
>better. Industry-leading BestMatch™ recognition technology
>reduces errors by 25% to achieve higher accuracy than ever
>before.
>
>Integrated with Microsoft Word 97 and Corel® WordPerfect® 8:
>easily edit, format, or correct words and phrases with
>NaturalWord™ and the Select-and-Say™ feature. Say "select"
>followed by replacement text or such natural commands as
>"bold that" and "move to top of document" and your editing
>will be done. Control keystrokes and your mouse by speaking.
>
>Large Medical Vocabulary: Comprehensive vocabulary of
>specialized medical terms for a variety of medical uses
>including medication names, medical procedures, diagnoses,
>diseases, anatomical terms, surgical instruments,
>psychological and psychiatric terms.
>
>Dictating on the Go: With NaturallyMobile™ you can
>transcribe dictation you have recorded and saved with a
>handheld recorder directly to your PC. Create a file of your
>own voice, which you can send electronically to anyone who
>will be working with your files.
>
>Design Medical Macros: Create your own custom voice commands
>for automating tasks and entering boilerplate text into
>medical records, reports, and correspondence.
>
>See for Yourself : Get Your FREE Demonstration CD for Dragon
>NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite and find out how we're
>revolutionizing the way people use computers.
>
>Custom Vocabulary: Build multiple vocabularies for different
>topics including medical specialties, special projects, and
>personal correspondence.
>
>Dictation Playback: Check accuracy of content and intent by
>listening to what you said as it is played back to you in
>your own voice.
>
>Text to Speech: For accurate editing and proofing, the
>computer reads back your text as it appears on the computer
>screen.
>
>Learns Your Voice: Learns most dialects, accents, and
>individual pronunciations quickly and automatically.
>
>Multiple User Support: Many users can create their own voice
>files and store them on the same computer.
>
>System Requirements:
>
>Minimum: 133 MHz (this is the minimum system requirements to
>achieve real-time dictation/transcription, however it is our
>recommendation that, for operations in a multi-tasking
>environment, your processor speed should be at least 266
>MHz) Pentium® (II)Processor, IBM® compatible PC.
>
>Windows® 98, Windows 95, or Windows NT® 4.0
>
>Memory Requirements: Minimum: 32 MB RAM (we recommended at
>least 64 MB) for Windows 95 or Windows 98, 48 MB (we
>recommend 96MB) for Windows NT 4.0, and an additional 16 MB
>when running Corel® WordPerfect® or Microsoft® Word
>simultaneously with Dragon NaturallySpeaking
>
>BestMatch technology requires at least a 200 MHz Pentium®
>Processor (again, we recommend 266 MHz PII) and a minimum of
>48MB of RAM (64MB).
>
>Hard Disk Requirements: Minimum: 180 MB (we recommend at
>least 240 MB)
>
>A Dragon Systems' certified or equivalent 16-bit sound card
>or built-in audio system with input quality equal to or
>greater than the Creative Labs® Sound Blaster® 16.
>
>**To see if your current sound card has been certified by
>Dragon Systems, go to
>http://www.dragonsys.com/frameset/tech-frame.html, click on
>the NaturallySpeaking button in the left frame, and then
>choose "Compatibility List for Dragon NaturallySpeaking (and
>Dragon Point & Speak).
>Includes a premium microphone
>
>CD ROM for installation
>
>The price for the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite is
>$995 US Funds.
>
>**BONUS #1: If you order on or before July 31, we will SHIP
>YOUR ORDER FOR FREE.
>
>**BONUS#2: If you order on or before July 24, we will
>include a FREE copy of Dragon Point & Speak
>
>PLEASE DO NOT USE THE ORDER FORM ON OUR WEB SITE, because
>our webmaster is still in the process of configuring the
>forms to function correctly, and your order might get lost
>before we receive it.
>
>We take a personal interest in our customers, so we will be
>your first line of support after the sale. If we can't
>answer your questions, or solve your problems (if there are
>any), we will pursue the answer until we have reached a
>mutually satisfactory conclusion.
>
>**We've recently begun providing complete computer systems
>optimized for use with Dragon NaturallySpeaking programs. If
>you'd like a quote on a new system, let me know what you'd
>like, and I'll work up a bid for you.
>
>**If you'd like to download a free 30-day trial copy of the
>Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite, please visit our
>site at http://www.dictation-station.com and follow the
>links to the Medical Suite's Features Page and click on the
>download link.
>
>**If you have any further questions, please feel free to
>email me at stevespratt@dictation-station.com, and I will do
>my best to accommodate your needs.
>
>Take good care,
>
>Steve
>
>Steven D. Spratt stevespratt@dictation-station.com
>Managing Member/Operations
>Dictation Station, LLC
>http://www.dictation-station.com
>Value-Added Resellers of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Software
>It types the words you say -- with an accuracy as high as
>98%
>Serving the Legal, Medical, Business and Disabled Markets
>You can Win Free Software
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HerBdy@aol.com <HerBdy@aol.com>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <technology@talk.obgyn.net>
>Date: Friday, July 17, 1998 12:00 AM
>Subject: Re: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite
>
>>wha does it do
>>how does it work
>>
