dictation speed Options

[Su Majewski]

I finally caught onto the copy/paste between Word and Dragon Pad. Once I "found my groove" things went along quite smoothly this morning for about an hour, and then the accuracy level began to drop (which is when I stopped and rebooted the system). Otherwise, I'm very pleased with both the speed and accuracy things appeared in Dragon Pad.

I did a combination of typing (5%) and dictation (95%). I thought I had a really good morning, dictating almost as fast as the doctors did, and some of them dictate rather quickly. And then I ran the statistics.

I worked for exactly 70 minutes. In that time I "dictated" 2,715 words and 250 lines (at 65-keystrokes per line). I normally type that fast, and I'm only around 100 wpm (75-80 wpm actual speed plus the use of the AutoCorrect feature).

Is there any reason why I only reached that level, when the program said you can dictate 150 wpm? Or, was the speed of my production contingent solely upon the speed of the doctors?

BTW, just how fast *is* 150 wpm? Are there any samples out there that I could listen to?

[CB HINSON]

>>I finally caught onto the copy/paste between Word and Dragon Pad. Once I "found my groove" things went along quite smoothly this morning for about an hour, and then the accuracy level began to drop (which is when I stopped and rebooted the system). Otherwise, I'm very pleased with both the speed and accuracy things appeared in Dragon Pad.
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What was the accuracy level before it began to drop? What was it when you decided to reboot?
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>>I worked for exactly 70 minutes. In that time I "dictated" 2,715 words and 250 lines (at 65-keystrokes per line). I normally type that fast, and I'm only around 100 wpm (75-80 wpm actual speed plus the use of the AutoCorrect feature).
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How many corrections did you do of the 2,715 words? Out of the 70 minutes, how many minutes was spent on corrections?
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Su.
I think the information that you're providing is very useful. Thank you very much for doing so.

CB

[Su Majewski]

>>>What was the accuracy level before it began to drop? What was it when you decided to reboot?

I can't tell you it in terms of a percentage, but it seemed to me that at a good level I was getting about one error every 10 lines. When the decline set in, it was probably around one error every 5-7 lines. I just never thought to keep track of this stuff.

>>I worked for exactly 70 minutes. In that time I "dictated" 2,715 words and 250 lines (at 65-keystrokes per line). I normally type that fast, and I'm only around 100 wpm (75-80 wpm actual speed plus the use of the AutoCorrect feature).

How many corrections did you do of the 2,715 words? Out of the 70 minutes, how many minutes was spent on corrections?

This is tough to calculate, but I'll try. There were 5 reports in 13 pages. Considering all points, I'd say I spent about 8 minutes typing the information ... okay, round it out to ten for the heck of it. That meant, I dictated 2,715 words in 60 minutes.

Now, if I look at this in terms of my own typing production, that's around 100 wpm. However, if I consider there are 5 keystrokes to the word (five letters + the space), then I only dictated 45.25 wpm.

But things really seemed to go at a clip ...

[John Wickett]

Hi CB, hope things are going well!

Su,

If you are reading a static text that contains your normal vocabulary then you can dictate at 150-160 wpm. However, you are trying to listen and, I presume, dictate at the same time. Since this requires some thought processes on your part it slows things down.

I normally dictate at about 120 wpm since that is about as fast as I can verbalize my thoughts but, if I stop to ponder something(such as the response to a question)then speed obviously drops.

John

[Su Majewski]

>>>If you are reading a static text that contains your normal vocabulary then you can dictate at 150-160 wpm. However, you are trying to listen and, I presume, dictate at the same time. Since this requires some thought processes on your part it slows things down.

After 24 years in this business, my brain is "fine tuned" to reacting to immediate errors in grammar, and I correct things almost instinctively, while I'm redictating what the physician said. The only time I really have to stop and start is [1] if the doctor dictates something totally out of whack, and [2] if I need to look up something. Otherwise, if a doctor is dictating 120 wpm, I can keep up with him or her.


>>>I normally dictate at about 120 wpm since that is about as fast as I can verbalize my thoughts but, if I stop to ponder something(such as the response to a question)then speed obviously drops.

I'm a native NYer. Except for the 3-1/2 years we lived in California in the 1950s, I lived on Long Island for the better part of 30 years, until I left in 1990. People used to tell me that I spoke extremely fast, but I didn't think so. Two doctors at the Radiology Department I worked at even insisted I get a thyroid scan, because they thought I was too hyper.

[jnuttallphd]

Hello Su:

The sound like an exceptional typist and voice recognition specialist. Just think with voice dictation you are saving a lot of wear and tear on your hands and wrists.

Jim