Keith Grant, MD

Speech recognition technology can be integrated with most electronic medical record applications for rapid report creation. Searches, queries, and form filling are faster to perform by voice than using a keyboard.

Speech recognition technology can be integrated with most electronic medical record applications for rapid report creation. Searches, queries, and form filling are faster to perform by voice than using a keyboard. Hardware advances and improvements in the technology itself have brought the cost of ownership to an affordable level. Like any technology, however, deployment of a speech recognition program should be planned carefully to achieve full benefit from the software.