It is said that by listening to the dictation and speaking as we hear it, this will increase turnaround time. The demand for more dictated documentation is increasing and more allied health professionals are being required to dictate. Insurance reimbursement guidelines, medicolegal issues, and the inability to decipher handwritten medical personnel notes all increase the workload and demand for qualified MTs. As perspective medical transcription students, current students, new MT graduates, and seasoned MTs, you need to keep an open mind and educate yourself on voice recognition as much as possible. Do not block it out of your mind as something you will never have to encounter.
Ignorance can be dangerous.
The MT industry is a multimillion dollar business. They are partnering with vendors of this technology to utilize this system to enhance their own workforce. It is just another way of processing data. For MTs and CMTs to survive, you have to know what you are doing. You have to know the meanings of medical terms and the context in which they are used, not just how to spell them or rely on your spellchecker or word books to do it for you.