Fact · Dictation software
1.75percent mean word error rate
In the 2025 neurosurgery pilot, the modified Whisper-based model had a mean word error rate of 1.75 percent, counting all errors.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The mean WER was 1.75% for Whisper and 1.54% for Dragon (p = 0.080).”
The use of generative artificial intelligence-based dictation in a neurosurgical practice: a pilot study, Benjamin S. Hopkins et al., Neurosurgical Focus, 2025, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.3171/2025.4.FOCUS24834)- What it measures
- Three physicians dictated neurosurgical procedures, and word error rate was reviewed by hand.
- What it does not show
- A pilot in one specialty. Results do not carry over to everyday prose or to other fields.
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