| Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a remarkable
speech recognition engine. However, the correction facilities
that it provides are still rather limited for professional use.
Enter the newest Transcription Aid version 5 and access the following
major additional features:
Transfer the correction of transcriptions generated
by Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional, as well as any
voice recording generated with virtually any digital recorder, to
a third person (transcriptionist or secretary) with the following
advantages:
- Extensive support of a certified "plug & play" foot
pedal (a device that is most familiar and natural to a transcriptionist)
- Playback of the voice recording of the author (the
dictation or "*.dra" file), while reading the corresponding
transcription in the screen, to facilitate its correction by
simple comparison between the dictation and the transcribed
text
- Improvement of the "Speech files" of the dictating
author while correcting. Forget about spending countless hours
training the speech recognition engine. Increase the author's
recognition accuracy to the maximum in very little time and
allow him/her to concentrate on what she/he is more productive
at: dictation!
- Inclusion of useful macro commands (icons to click)
for the most repetitive functions needed by a secretary correcting
the transcriptions while improving the "Speech files" of the
dictating author
Unlike Dragon, with which one can automatically select only full utterances
(what was dictated without making a pause) for correction, Transcription
Aid® 5 also allows for automatic selection for correction (with
the foot pedal) of much smaller (and hence easier to handle), segments
of the dictation. Besides, Version 5 incorporates the first in the
world "Phonetic Checker" for Speech Recognition in English (other languages
in development) and Dragon NaturallySpeaking®!
Unique "No Playback Dropout" technology. Direct
editing and correction of the transcriptions with the keyboard and
mouse in the main window of Transcription Aid®, without damaging
playback of the voice recording of the author (the dictation or "*.dra" file).
This allows the following advantages:
- The dictating author can insert voice comments (with its corresponding
automatic transcription) with instructions for the transcriptionist,
anywhere within the dictation
- The transcriptionist can substantially increase its output
and performance (as it can directly correct the transcription
and avoid the use of the Dragon Spell window)
- The transcriptionist can hear the playback of the word
or phrase to be corrected within the Dragon Spell window, for
confirmation purposes, even when the "PlayBack" button is grayed
out, by pressing the foot peda
- The archival of the original, unmodified, dictation
or "*.dra" file
for later verification or reference, even after direct corrections
have been introduced by the transcriptionist (a must have feature
for legal firms and hospitals)
Unlike Dragon, which incorporates another "Not Playback Dropout" option
in version 9, the Transcription Aid technology is available from
version 6 to 10 and does not put any substantial delay in the system
when switching from window to window...
Simple and intuitive interface, very similar to the world
leading Microsoft Word. A key element to reduce the
learning curve of the secretary and maximise output in very little
time. This interface provides advanced features, unique to any currently
available transcription application for Dragon NaturallySpeaking,
as for instance:
- Multilevel Undo & Redo and without damaging the dictation ("*.dra" file)
- Powerful Find & Replace also without damaging the dictation
- Open and Save Microsoft Word® ".doc" files directly
- Export the transcription as PDF document
- Main WYSIWYG window, with Normal and Print View, allowing to see
the transcription within its physical context (the margins of the
page)
- Margin justification, paragraph and hanging indents
- Tab settings (all standard ones)
- Automatic Bullets insertion
"Pack & Email transcription for revision" function. Dictations
(".dra" files) get quickly very big. With this exclusive function,
the author can easily pack, compress and send through a network (or
e-mail) to the secretary, his transcription and voice recording together
for revision. All with a single click...:
Back-end conversion of formats and transcription of multiple
voice recordings (Batch transcription), using different Users/Authors
Speech files. Either from virtually any digital recording
application or digital recorder, PDA (Pocket PC, Palm PDA®, Sony
Clié®, MP3, WMA) and even Smartphone (a world first feature!).
All these facilities automatic, unattended and while the secretary
uses the PC for other tasks.
Transcription Aid 5 can also be perfectly matched, to MAKE
A UNIQUE, digital dictation, speech recognition and transcription solution
with the forthcoming DictAid®. This is another unique application
that greatly facilitates and ENHANCES the learning of and dictation into
Dragon NaturallySpeaking®. How about to configure ALL settings of Dragon
with a single click; or automatically close the microphone when you start
typing anything or opening your transcription and Speech file simultaneously
with a single menu command? That's just a small taste of things to come... |