Below are some basic tips to consider when dictating to ensure you get the best recognition results.
- When testing the service, use realistic UK medical speech. There’s no need to use phrases like “testing, testing” or “1, 2, 3”.
- Speak at your normal pace.
- Speak in full sentences or paragraphs, as you would do during normal dictation.
- Include punctuation in your dictation (i.e., full stop, comma, new line).
- If using the mobile app, you can hold your phone in front of you or put it down on a table. Either way we recommend being within 1m of your phone for best recognition. The volume indicator will show if speech is being picked up.
- When pausing for a long time (e.g., over 10 seconds) press the ‘stop’ button in the recording app, then the ‘record’ button to resume, as you would do if using a traditional recorder.
- Minimise background noise
- Speak clearly and face the microphone or mobile device. You should be able to speak quickly and still have good recognition if you speak clearly.
- You may find it easier to look away from the screen as your dictation is being displayed in real time – it can be distracting. You will be able to go back and amend any area of the text after you’ve finished dictating.
- If you do choose to look at the screen, you may find that the desktop does not display the text immediately but has a delay of a second or two. You do not need to wait for the text to display on the desktop to keep dictating.
- Your application icon will be red when not recording:
- Your application icon will be green when recording:
