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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2013; 23(03): 191-194
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.120252
Computers and Related Technologies

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Matthew A Fox
Department of Clinical Teleradiology, Teleradiology Solutions, Bangalore, India
,
Carl J Aschkenasi
Department of Clinical Teleradiology, Teleradiology Solutions, Bangalore, India
,
Arjun Kalyanpur
Department of Clinical Teleradiology, Teleradiology Solutions, Bangalore, India
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Abstract

Voice recognition (VR) technology needs improvement, but is as integral to the current practice of radiology as Radiology Information Systems and Picture Archival and Communication Systems. In the 1990s, the radiology community gave VR technology a rather lukewarm reception, but since then it has emerged as the predominant method of radiology reporting in the United States. In this article, we examine how VR technology works, outline the positive and negative aspects of VR technology on work flow, identify common VR transcription errors and review the discussion on VR adoption in the recent literature. We add to the discussion our personal experiences in an international teleradiology group.

Keywords

Acoustic - language - phoneme - transcription - voice recognition


Publication History

Article published online:
30 July 2021

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