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I have been using Siri more frequently. It seems to work pretty well but how do you get it to do punctuation?

Bobbi
 
Bennettb said:
I have been using Siri more frequently. It seems to work pretty well but how do you get it to do punctuation?

Bobbi

I have just been saying the punctuation marks out loud. By the way, this reply was dictated.

Fred
 
I have just been saying the punctuation marks out loud. By the way, this reply was dictated.

Fred

What happens if the word "period" is used in a sentence? I don't have siri, my wife's iPad does, but it's not available to me at the moment. Thanks. :)
 
SeanR said:
What happens if the word "period" is used in a sentence? I don't have siri, my wife's iPad does, but it's not available to me at the moment. Thanks. :)

I would just type it out. That's probably the only way.

Fred
 
Test using Siri. I'm using that. To see if it works.

Addendum: I said the word, "period," to end the sentence and start a new one. This is how I dictate my clinical notes with our transcriber (not Siri)!
 
fafrost said:
I would just type it out. That's probably the only way.

Fred

OK, thanks. I thought there might be a problem with that kind of thing.

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skimonkey said:
You missed my post...I posted to show you that it does in fact work.

I guess I misunderstood your post. I see you got it to make the punctuation mark "period". What I was getting after was if you could use the word "period"in a sentence without it automatically making the punctuation mark. I apologize for not being clear or if I missed something in your post.

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A test sentence for a period of time. It is very possible that Siri uses context to determine whether to type the word period or the end of the sentence. Thanks all!


Fred
 
fafrost said:
A test sentence for a period of time. It is very possible that Siri uses context to determine whether to type the word period or the end of the sentence. Thanks all!

Fred

Awesome! Thanks for testing it. I couldn't wait for my wife to get home to test it. :)

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lisa22 said:
Mine is a "he" with kind of a James Bond accent. He calls me "my darling". ddc8b

Ha ha. That would be creepy if Siri sounded like James Bond and called ME "my darling".
 
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fafrost said:
I am wondering if any physicians have used the dictation mode on their Ipad with any electronic health records successfully?

Has to be better than a Dr.s handwriting ;). I use the dictation all the time in notes
 
I guess I misunderstood your post. I see you got it to make the punctuation mark "period". What I was getting after was if you could use the word "period"in a sentence without it automatically making the punctuation mark. I apologize for not being clear or if I missed something in your post.

Sent from my iPad using iPF

Got it.
 
skimonkey said:
It's an absolute must to have medical documentation transcribed for legibility...otherwise our third party payers won't pay! :)

Seen it on TV shows and just thought it was for effect, not real. That's neat to know, thanks.
 

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