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Speech wreck venting - Who is to blame


Posted: Jul 14, 2014

I just came across "Benzapril" listed as a medication that Speech Wreckignition picked up.  Granted, that is how this doctor pronounced it, but it should be "benazepril."  (Also notice that the original was capped while the correct is lower case.) 

Now, I've seen this a couple times, and from what I understand, the speech system can't just "make stuff up."  Someone has had to have physically type that out in straight transcription (either when it was learning) or correct it in editing, actually typing "Benzapril."  My own spell check caught that, so you would imagine whomever typed "Benzapril" would have caught it and corrected it. 

This is not the first time I've seen something like this.  ((((sigh))))

When I see stuff like - this

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I always think it's the newbies who don't know any better.

Too many newbies on the system changes things back to 'wrong.'

speech engine typos - 60&counting

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It's definitely a typo in the speech engine. It'll keep appearing that way until it's corrected. Shoot an email to your supervisor and ask them to bring it to the attention of the facility.


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