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dictation anomalies - wondering

Posted: May 07, 2014

This has happend to me a few times and was just curious if it has happened to anyone else. Pull in a job (speech this time) and am editing, get down to a point where it is difficult to understand dictation and there is a dictation anomaly (not highlighted in yellow) there! I asked about that once a long time ago and was told something along the lines that the system can put them there. Didn't make sense to me then and it still doesn't. It looks like someone else has done the job already and couldnt understand what was being said - kind of frustrating.

Anomalies - MarineMom

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I get those too!! I've never asked about them, but it would be nice for my curiosity, to know what the deal is with them!

dictation anomalies - wondering

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I know what you mean about knowing what the deal is with them. MarineMom - I assume you have child in the Marines :) Thanks to your marine and your whole family for his (and your's as family) service for this country. HooRah! :)

Marine - MarineMom

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Yes, my oldest son did 4 years, 2008 to 20012. He is home now. Thank you so much, and I will pass it on to him! OohRah :)

Marine - busymt

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Marine Mom - I am soon to be a Marine Mom as well! My son is scheduled to leave for San Diego for boot camp in January. Please tell your son thank you and pray for this nervous mom and her excited and brave son.

busymt - MarineMom

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OOHRAH Marine mom! My son was a "Hollywood Marine" too. I got awfully lucky though, he spent 3 of his years in Japan. Ammo Tech. I will keep you in my thoughts... I found that writing to him all the time helped him and me both. I didn't get hardly any back, they are pretty busy (go figure), but he really appreciated getting mail at mail call. I also included sports scores from his favorite sports (yes all of them from all the teams), and he loved sharing the scores, etc. with all the guys in his squad. Stay strong, it's over before you know it!!...The only thing stronger than a US Marine?...his mama :)

MarineMom - busymt

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LOL! Thank you so much! I've already started a keepsake file for him. He will definitely be getting letters from me. The sports scores is a great idea! He would love that. I may be posting to you on here next year - if you are still here that is. Thanks again! Nice to think about something besides the job. :)

Yes, it's the speech system - CuriousMT

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Yes, the speech system will put in a "blank" if every time previous MT's that are typing what it thinks it hears also put in a blank.

Essentially, the system can't tell the difference between the word "word" and "__________" So, if a doctor dictates "Here is a word." frequently and several MT's can't understand them and put a blank there, then the next time it comes across that, it will type out "Here is a __________."

Make sense? That's why it's not highlighted. It's just entering in the text portion of the "anomaly"

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