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Speak up: digital dictation enters the 21st century
BizTech Magazine, 2014
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- What it is
- A trade magazine piece describing how law firms and a medical group moved from handheld recorders and microcassettes to digital dictation systems, in 2014.
- How much weight it carries
- Trade press that describes named organizations and vendor systems. It is a snapshot from 2014, and some of its claims come from the vendors and firms it features, so use it for how the workflow looked, not for current market share.
Facts taken from this source
- In 2014, a Pennsylvania law firm had its lawyers record notes and thoughts on smartphones and upload the audio files to the firm's data center for transcription.
“Today, CGA lawyers speak and record their notes and thoughts into their smartphones, and then upload the audio files directly to the firm’s data center.”
Pages that rest on this source
- Dictation for Work: Doctors, Lawyers, Writers, StudentsTopic
- Legal Dictation Software for Lawyers and Law FirmsGuide
- Dictation Machines: What They Do and Who Still Uses ThemGuide
- Dictation for Lawyers: Privilege and ConfidentialityGuide
- Can you use a voice recorder for dictation?Question
- Do lawyers still dictate?Question
- Digital dictationGlossary