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The largest productivity gains in the longitudinal dictation study came from better dictation quality and from using navigation commands.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“the major improvements in productivity were due to dictation quality and the usage of navigation commands”
How productivity improves in hands-free continuous dictation tasks: lessons learned from a longitudinal study, Jinjuan Feng et al., Interacting with Computers, 2005, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- Dictation quality here means how accurately the recognizer wrote what was said, which improved with the software of the time.
- What it does not show
- Recognition quality depends on the engine. Modern engines are more accurate, so the mix of gains will differ today.
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