The voice recognition market has been growing steadily and is projected to reach nearly $128 billion by 2024. With users beginning to identify all of the associated benefits, cloud-based speech solutions have also emerged as viable options for physicians too.
Nuance's Dragon Medical line (Dragon Medical One is their cloud-based solution) has often been an industry frontrunner. But SayIt, a cloud-based platform by nVoq, is changing all of that.
Here's how SayIt voice recognition trumps Dragon Medical One.
Cost of Ownership
Fixed operational costs are some of the most difficult for healthcare organizations and physician practices to reduce. This is an area where, hands down, SayIt trumps Dragon. We've shared this chart before, but it's a fantastic visual to help you understand the difference between the two platforms in terms of total cost of ownership.
By switching from Dragon to SayIt, you can reduce your voice recognition expenses by nearly 50 percent! Extrapolate that over years or decades, and the savings can have a substantial impact on your bottom line.
To break down the costs even more, Dragon charges $123 per month per provider. There is an additional $20 fee per provider for using a smartphone as a wireless mic.
SayIt costs $75 per month per provider. The option to use your smartphone as a microphone is included in that price — no additional fees for this convenient, time-saving feature. Plus, SayIt works well with Citrix and other virtualized desktop environments. Again, that functionality is included in SayIt's base price, while it is an add-on expense with Dragon Medical One.
PC and Mac Compatibility
With physicians under increasingly strict time constraints, being able to dictate on virtually any device can be a real time-saver. Flexibility on this front is a key consideration for today's voice recognition users.
Dragon Medical One is not Mac-compatible, but functions on a PC or desktop and has the option to turn a smartphone into a wireless microphone. The MAC limitation can be a major drawback for physicians who use either a Mac in their daily practice or when working from home.
SayIt works seamlessly with both Mac and PC and has the smartphone microphone option as well. This means that physicians and other healthcare providers have the opportunity to work without geographic or technological limitations.
Functionality
Dragon offers 11 vocabularies to choose from and the ability to add macros and commands, although advanced commands are not included.
SayIt also offers 11 vocabularies and the ability to add words and macros. However, it does include very advanced macro capabilities, including html. And there are even more benefits too. SayIt keeps a running list of your dictations so that retrieval is simple and easy should a technical error occur during a documentation session. And because of SayIt's unique administrative console, health information management teammates, auditors, and other staff members have the capability to listen to providers' dictations, which streamlines billing, coding, and other back-end processes.
Contractual Commitments
Dragon typically requires a 3-year commitment, which can amount to a large upfront investment before knowing how well the software works for you.
With SayIt, there is no long-term commitment or expensive initial investment required. SayIt utilizes affordable, flexible subscription pricing that works with almost any budget. You can go month-to-month or even annually. Plus, a risk-free trial means you know exactly what you're getting from the start. And the ability to cancel anytime allows you to retain control over your budget…just as it should be.