This book is an excellent, easy to follow volume to read before you begin your enrollment in a speech recognition program.  It helps the user better understand the transition between keyboarding and using your voice to encode words onto the page.  It helps the reader determine if speech recognition is the right tool, before investing in the software.  Case studies show how different professionals have used voice recognition successfully in their work.

      Mr. Newman makes suggestions for maintaining voice health and emphasizes the importance of contacting a qualified speech/ language pathologist if poor speech recognition habits result in vocal abuse.   Also, he makes sound ergonomic suggestions to help you work longer and more comfortably with your voice recognition program.

     This was the first place in which the editing function by a second person was mentioned and this may be an important change in function for the medical transcriptionist, whose dictating physicians use speech recognition .This editing process takes specialized knowledge and skills to produce an error free product.

     At one time talking to computers was merely science fiction.  Now the reality is commercially available to all of us.  But buyer beware! There is a steep learning curve between the purchase and functional use of voice recognition technology.  It is still highly recommended to work with a consultant to make sure that you are achieving maximum efficiency and customization of your voice recognition software.  A small investment of time and money will pay great dividends in your future use of this helpful technology.  For further information please contact Marlene Schoenberg at ethcom @ winternet.com.

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