Now available: medavis integrated speech recognition

Direct deep integration; the speech recognition function incorporated into medavis RIS optimises processes and saves time

At the 91st German Radiological Congress, medavis presented the direct integration of speech recognition into the medavis RIS workflow. This deep integration enables radiologists to quickly and efficiently produce reports, using speech recognition, in their customary system environment.

Speech recognition technology represents a great aid to radiologists, as it eliminates the time-consuming intermediate steps in the transcription of dictated medical reports. Nevertheless, the speech recognition function in many systems is only loosely coupled to the evaluation process; dictations are recorded in an external application with its own editor, where the spoken words are converted into text and then transferred back.

medavis RIS now offers a fully integrated speech recognition system with many advantages for users. The speech recognition system is controlled from within RIS and all functions are directly integrated into the RIS user interface.

Users can dictate into their familiar report template and see their words converted into output format text in real time.

All integrated data fields, the text output of the text modules used in the dictation and the implementation of speech commands are instantly visible. At the same time, the physician has direct access to all system data, such as the patient’s previous findings, without having to switch between different applications. This makes the operation simpler, corrections and alterations easier and saves valuable time in the preparation of reports, resulting in increased productivity. The speech recognition software used is Nuance’s SpeechMagicTM