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65percent of dictation time spent correcting
In a preliminary 2001 study of dictation with a speech recognizer, users spent over 65 percent of their time correcting errors and less than 35 percent dictating.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Our results confirmed that these individuals spent less than 35% of their time dictating and over 65% of their time correcting errors in the dictation.”
Improving Speech Recognition for Communication-oriented Activities, Andrew Sears, ERCIM News, No. 46, 2001, Article text.
Open the original- What it measures
- Participants included people with spinal cord injuries and people with no physical impairments. They completed dictation-oriented tasks with a state-of-the-art recognizer of the time.
- What it does not show
- Preliminary analysis, small sample and an early recognizer. Use it as a sign of how large the editing share can be, not as a current average.
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