Fact · Dictation software
14.1 to 15.2percent
In a 2000 peer-reviewed study of physicians dictating medical reports, Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical Suite 3.0 had a vocabulary recognition error rate of 14.1 to 15.2 percent.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Dragon software (14.1 to 15.2 percent)”
Comparative Evaluation of Three Continuous Speech Recognition Software Packages in the Generation of Medical Reports, Eric G Devine et al., Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2000, Results, abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- Twelve physicians with minimal training. The software was scored by a standard method on medical and general English vocabulary.
- What it does not show
- Tests software from 1998 and 1999. The authors say later generations are likely to be more accurate.
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