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   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:   
      
    AH>  now we have a young GP who uses a computer to generate   
    AH>  prescriptions in English. He doesn't waste a lot of time   
    AH>  typing out polysyllabic names of medications &/or   
    AH>  instructions such as "apply to affected area(s) twice   
    AH>  daily". I imagine that with the aid of the computer he   
    AH>  has found other ways of working quickly.   
      
    AK>  The more we live the cooler it becomes. I even believe   
    AK>  that now the computer itself can type the speech which   
    AK>  you say to the microphone.   
      
      
             Yes, our doctor uses a microphone to dictate notes he wants added to   
   the patient's file... or "chart", as they say in the MedBiz.  The words appear   
   in print on his computer monitor & he types corrections as needed.  As yet the   
   software is no match for a good stenographer in terms of accuracy.  Like a lot   
   of other software I've seen it's no match for a good English teacher either...   
   but I understand he likes it because it gives him almost instant results.  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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