Quick smart dictation
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Matt Bailey
I normally use a combination of ambient transciption with Heidi and dictation at a cursor (with Dragon Medical One). I think the smart dictate feature in Heidi is excellent. I'm increasingly using it for quick summaries or to generate emails. It's a bit clunky to use for doing this if I need to create a new visit each time.
Would you conisder adding a 'Quick dictate' function to enable users to dictate a short block of text without adding patient details etc. It can then be simply copied into another output as required and cleared when finished. Wouldn't necessarily need a memory fuction in this feature. (essentially similar workflow to the dictation box in Dragon Medical One). It could sit just below the Sribe and Tasks in the toolbar on the left?
Amanthi from Heidi
Hi Matt and Nick,
Thank you for your feedback. Like Nick mentioned, we are currently working on improvements to the way you can dictate in Heidi. I'd love to learn more about your needs and the experiences you've had using DMO and Wspr Flow. Have sent a follow-up email to continue the conversation.
Best,
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Matt Bailey
Amanthi from Heidi Thanks Amanthi - I'll reply to the email too.
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Nick Adams
Hi Matt - this feature is currently available if you turn on Heidi labs. It doesn't work as well as I'd hoped - its currently very laggy (but is in beta). I like you have been a long time user of DMO in exactly the way you describe but now instead use Wispr Flow for text-to-cursor: works exceptionally well (both within Heidi and every other text based use case)
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Matt Bailey
Nick Adams
Hi Nick - Thanks I'll check out both of these.
Tom
Hiya Matt Bailey, thanks for this post! I have a few more questions for you:
- What specific features or functionalities do you find most useful in the current smart dictate feature?
- How important is it for the 'Quick dictate' function to integrate with other applications or platforms you use?
- Are there any specific scenarios or use cases where you envision using the 'Quick dictate' function the most?
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Matt Bailey
Tom
Hi Tom,
I like smart dictate as I don't have to worry about the software puting a wrong word if there is background noise, or if I say erm... etc. I also like the fact that I can say something like 'the CT was done on 10 Dec, sorry it was actually 1 Feb' and the smart dictate will automatically correct and display -'the CT was done on 1 Feb'.
For a quick dictate function I don't think it needs any integration with other systems. Just a button to copy to clipboard so that it can be pasted elsewhere. Once pasted the content could be deleted and the next dictation taken - in a similar way to DMO dictation box.
I think I'd use a feature like this extensively - as much as I use the ambient AI transcription for consultations. I'd compose emails, quick patient summaries for EPR or other electronic systems. It would be nice to be able to use a prompt to reformat the text too but perhaps to default to a smart dictation.