Abstract: A computer program product for computing a correction rate predictor for medical record dictations, the computer program product residing on a computer-readable medium includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to obtain a draft medical transcription of at least a portion of a dictation, the dictation being from medical personnel and concerning a patient, determine features of the dictation to produce a feature set comprising a combination of features of the dictation, the features being relevant to a quantity of transcription errors in the transcription, analyze the feature set to compute a predicted correction rate associated with the dictation and use the predicted correction rate to determine whether to provide at least a portion of the transcription to a transcriptionist.

Abstract: A technique for improving the recognition accuracy of a speech recognizer includes deploying the speech recognizer, wherein live input data is received by the recognizer as an input for a given speaker independent adaptation algorithm associated with the speech recognizer. The algorithm enhances the accuracy of the speech recognizer without human supervision. This technique is particularly suitable for adapting a large vocabulary ASR engine.

Abstract: A computer program product resides on a computer-readable medium, and includes computer-readable, computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to analyze a first playback speed history for at least one audio recording recorded by a first speaker and played by a first listener, the playback speed history being indicative of at least one playback speed associated with the at least one audio recording, and to determine from the first playback speed history a speed setting for playback of another audio recording recorded by a second speaker to be played by a second listener.