A simple error classification system for understanding sources of error in automatic speech recognition and human transcription

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 719-730

  Zafar, Atif ^a,b   Mamlin, Burke ^a,b   Perkins, Susan ^a,b   Belsito, Anne M ^b   Overhage, J Marc ^a,b   McDonald, Clement J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation; Electronic medical records; Error rates; Information systems; Medical errors; Medical notes; Speech recognition; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ERROR DETECTION; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION (ASR); HUMAN TRANSCRIPTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

AUTOMATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE;

EID: 4344569119     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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