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Medical Dictation

Medical Dictation turns spoken clinical notes into timestamped, editable text, so drug names, dosages, and figures get checked before a note is filed.

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What is Medical Dictation?

Medical Dictation turns a clinician's spoken notes into editable text, so a consultation summary, a follow-up plan, or a procedure note can be dictated once and reviewed on screen. Recordings from a handheld recorder, a phone, or a desktop microphone are accepted, and drug names, dosages, and specialty terms can be corrected in the editor before the text goes into a patient record.

Why choose Medical Dictation?

Medical Dictation keeps one dictation workflow for every note type: start the file, speak in the order the note is structured, then fix names and numbers in one review pass. Nothing is installed, so a clinic desktop, a ward laptop, and a home office follow the same path.

Do Clinical Notes Pile Up Faster Than You Can Type Them?

Typing a ward round or an outpatient visit while the patient is still in the room splits attention, and shorthand written later loses detail. Repeating a note into a recorder still leaves a second job: turning the audio into text. Medical Dictation accepts the recording and returns a structured draft with timestamps, so the clinician edits wording and dosage figures instead of starting from a blank page.

What makes Medical Dictation different?

Medical Dictation is built around the way notes are actually spoken: short phrases, abbreviations, drug names, and figures that need a careful second look before they are signed.

Dictation from phone, recorder, or desk microphone

Abbreviations and dosages stay editable after transcription

Timestamps for replaying an unclear phrase instantly

How to use Medical Dictation in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Add your dictation file

    Upload a phone memo, a dictaphone recording, or a procedure video; MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, and MP4 are all accepted.

  2. 2

    Choose the dictation language

    Language is detected automatically, and it can be set by hand when a note mixes terms from two languages.

  3. 3

    Fix terms and export the note

    Correct names, abbreviations, and figures beside the timestamp, then copy the text or download it as a file.

Start with a dictation already on the device and read how the note comes back. Medical Dictation needs no install and no account, so the first correction pass happens in the same session.

Transcribe a dictation

What users say about Medical Dictation

“Lecture recordings finally became searchable notes instead of hours of audio.”
Early access user · Graduate student
“I stopped taking notes in calls and started reviewing transcripts instead.”
Early access user · Product manager
“The timestamped transcript cut my editing pass roughly in half.”
Early access user · Podcast editor
“Finding a quote in a 90-minute interview now takes seconds.”
Early access user · Journalist
“Speaker labels make multi-person interviews far easier to code.”
Early access user · Researcher

Frequently asked questions about Medical Dictation

What kinds of clinical notes can be dictated?

Any spoken note recorded as audio can be turned into text: a consultation summary, a follow-up plan, a procedure note, or a short memo left after a shift. The file is transcribed as it was spoken, so the note keeps the clinician's own order and phrasing instead of being rebuilt from a template.

Is the draft ready to sign without review?

No. The transcript is a draft, and a clinician checks names, dosages, and figures against the recording before anything is filed. Drug names and numbers are exactly where a spelling mistake matters most, so every line sits next to a timestamp for a quick spot-check.

Which recorders and microphones work?

Files from a handheld dictaphone, a phone voice memo, a headset, or a desk microphone are accepted as MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, or WMA. Video recorded during a procedure can be added as MP4 or MOV, and the audio track is transcribed without a separate extraction step.

Can abbreviations and specialty terms be corrected?

Yes. Every word in the transcript is editable, so shorthand such as b.i.d., PRN, or a local department name can be expanded in one pass. Corrections happen in the same screen as the text, which keeps the review to a single read rather than a rewrite.

How long does a dictation take to process?

Processing time follows the length of the audio, not the length of the note, so a short dictation usually returns while other work continues. A long procedure recording takes longer, and the transcript is ready when the job finishes rather than after a scheduled handover.

Does it work with a noisy ward recording?

Background chatter, trolley noise, and a microphone across the room all lower accuracy. A close microphone and a quiet room give the cleanest draft, and the language can be set by hand when automatic detection looks wrong. The timestamps make an unclear passage easy to replay.

Where does the transcript go after export?

Text can be pasted into a chart field, downloaded as plain text, or saved as SRT and VTT for a teaching recording. There is no direct connection to an electronic record system, so the clinician decides which sentences enter the record and in what form.

Can one dictation mix two languages?

A recording that switches between English and another language is transcribed in the language that is set, so the second language may come back as garbled words. Recording each section separately, or setting the language that dominates the note, gives the cleaner result.