A method of associating dictation with an electronic record in a system having a dictation system comprising a dictation server and a dictation application operating on a user device for capture of speech input and a separate electronic records system having an electronic record server for managing electronic records and an electronic records application operating on the user device , the user device connected to the dictation server and to the electronic record server , the method enabling communication between the electronic record system and the dictation system, the method comprising: receiving, by the dictation application , speech input from a user corresponding to dictation; obtaining, by the dictation application , a dictation marker, the dictation marker comprising: a job identifier which allows a subsequent transcription of the dictation to be matched with the dictation marker for insertion in a corresponding electronic record stored at the electronic record server ; and one or more delimiters, the one or more delimiters identifying a start of the dictation marker and an end of the dictation marker; causing the dictation marker to be inserted into the electronic record stored at the electronic record server to act as a placeholder for an eventual transcription of the dictation; obtaining a transcription of the dictation from the dictation server and matching it with the dictation marker using the job identifier ; and inserting the transcription of the dictation automatically into the electronic record comprising the dictation marker matching the job identifier and being stored at the electronic record server, to replace the dictation marker without requiring the user to provide identifying information. receiving, by the dictation application , speech input from a user corresponding to dictation; obtaining, by the dictation application , a dictation marker, the dictation marker comprising: a job identifier which allows a subsequent transcription of the dictation to be matched with the dictation marker for insertion in a corresponding electronic record stored at the electronic record server ; and one or more delimiters, the one or more delimiters identifying a start of the dictation marker and an end of the dictation marker; a job identifier which allows a subsequent transcription of the dictation to be matched with the dictation marker for insertion in a corresponding electronic record stored at the electronic record server ; and one or more delimiters, the one or more delimiters identifying a start of the dictation marker and an end of the dictation marker; causing the dictation marker to be inserted into the electronic record stored at the electronic record server to act as a placeholder for an eventual transcription of the dictation; obtaining a transcription of the dictation from the dictation server and matching it with the dictation marker using the job identifier ; and inserting the transcription of the dictation automatically into the electronic record comprising the dictation marker matching the job identifier and being stored at the electronic record server, to replace the dictation marker without requiring the user to provide identifying information. <EOS>