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Using your voice: speech recognition technology in medicine and surgery.

G A Akers

    Clinics in Plastic Surgery
    |July 1, 1986
    PubMed
    Summary

    Speech recognition technology in medicine enables data entry and equipment control. Specialized dictation, like radiographic reporting, is feasible with current devices, with general dictation improving.

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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Informatics
    • Speech Technology

    Background:

    • Speech recognition is currently used for medical data entry and equipment control.
    • Speaker-dependent, large-vocabulary devices can handle specialized dictation tasks such as radiographic reporting.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To assess the feasibility of speech recognition for various medical applications.
    • To outline the vocabulary requirements for different speech recognition tasks in medicine.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of existing speech recognition applications in medicine and surgery.
    • Evaluation of vocabulary size requirements for data entry, command and control, specialized dictation, and general dictation.

    Main Results:

    • Most data entry and control applications require 200 words or less.
    • Specialized dictation tasks, like radiographic reporting, require approximately 1000 words.
    • General dictation for individual users necessitates a vocabulary of around 10,000 words.

    Conclusions:

    • Speech recognition technology is viable for current medical data entry and specialized dictation.
    • Advancements in automatic dictation devices will enable general dictation in clinical settings.

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