| IMPORTANT - THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES SINCE THE 4.3 VERSION IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO READ THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT BEFORE CLICKING THE CHECK BOX BELOW. | |
| Table of Contents | |
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| Introduction | |
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Welcome to the new and improved version of InScribe! This version has gone through some significant changes, new features have been added and bugs have been fixed.
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| Login Screen, Dictation Queue, Demographics | |
| Login Screen | |
| Password Expiration |
Transcription companies can now control the password for a user login. They can now set the number of days until a password expires and prevent typists from using simple passwords. Check with your transcription company to find out more.
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| Dictation Queue | |
| Mouse click to move to dictation |
In addition to using the arrow buttons to navigate through dictations, typists can now move to any dictation in their queue by clicking on the desired dictation.
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| Jump to bottom or top of queue using up and down arrows |
If you are on the top dictation in the queue, you can get to the last dictation by clicking the up arrow. If you are at the bottom dictation in the queue, you can get to the first dictation by clicking the down arrow.
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| Patient Demographics - Document Type Drop Down List | |
| Patient Demographics - Document Type Drop Down List |
If a doctor dictates on an un-configured recorder the dictations will arrive in InScribe without a document type. The typist will transcribe and mark the document done. If InScribe detects the document type is missing or invalid, the typist will be prompted with the option to select a valid document type.
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| Doc type can now be displayed as short name or long name |
Typists now have the option of displaying the long name versus the short name in the drop down. The short name will show up by default if the typist switches to the long description that description will be saved in the typists settings for the next time the typist logs in. Typists can switch by clicking on the icon to the right of the drop down, by using the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+X, or from the options menu.
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| Limit document selection by security group |
The list of Document Types for a dictating clinician is determined by that dictator's Document Type Security Setting. If a clinician only has access to certain document types then only those document types will be available for selection.
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| Patient Demographics - Clinician Drop Down List | |
| Clinician names now viewed as 'last, first' |
The clinician names in the drop down under the Demographics section and under the Authorizations section will now display as last, first.
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| Loading large lists of dictators |
The amount of time it takes to load a large list of dictators (500+) has been significantly improved.
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| Menu Items | |
| Some menus have been reorganized and items have been added, moved or deleted. See below for a list of changes. | |
| File Menu | |
| Open (Shift+Ctrl+O) |
REMOVED
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| Save As (Shift+Ctrl+S) |
REMOVED
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| Edit Menu | |
| Find and Replace (Shift+Ctrl+H) |
NEW - Find and replace functionality has been added to the Edit menu
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| Dictation Menu | |
| Insert Time (Ctrl+Alt+T) |
NEW - Inserts a special bracketed field called a time marker into the transcription. This field is displayed as [TIME X:XX] where X:XX is the point time in minutes and seconds of where the dictation is marked. The typist can use the Fields function (usually F1) to jump to time marker to start playback from that point.
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| Transcription Menu - Additional Actions | |
| Check For Existing Transcription |
NEW - Allows the typist to restore a job that had already been typed. In the rare event a dictation loads into InScribe that the typist has already completed (due to internet/server communication problem), this function can be used to restore the transcription and demographics.
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| Transcription Menu | |
| Get Prior Transcriptions (Shift+F1) |
IMPROVED - Typists can now search for prior transcriptions by patient, dictator, and doc type or any combination of the three. The prior transcriptions window will also display column headings for TID, Appt Date, Dictation Date, Clinician, and Doc Type.
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| Transcribe In Microsoft Word (Ctrl+Alt+W) |
REMOVED - from menu, but still available on the transcription editor tool bar. Note: Recommended ONLY to use the Microsoft Word spell check for those typists who use Stedman's medical dictionaries or any other popular dictionaries that can be used with Word.
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| Insert Dictator into Transcription (Shift+Ctrl+Down arrow) |
NEW - Type a few letters of the clinician's name and select Insert Dictator into Transcription (from the Transcription drop-down menu) or press Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow. This will give you a list of clinicians whose name matched what was typed. Use the arrow keys or the mouse to select the correct clinician. The clinician's full name and credentials will be inserted over the few letters that were typed.
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| Refresh Dictator List |
NEW - Used only for clients with a large number of dictators (500 or more). This allows the typist to refresh the clinician list in the event a new clinician was added and that list needed to be updated.
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| VR Menu Note: This menu will only be visible when a voice recognition job is being edited or transcribed in the M*Modal AnyModal Editor (AME). |
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| Attach Selection to Playback Highlighter (Ctrl+F12) |
NEW - When editing completed voice recognized transcriptions (after the 4 - 6 hours of dictator training has completed) this option will highlight each word as the dictation is played back.
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| Move Playback to Cursor (Shift+Ctrl+F12) |
NEW - When editing completed voice recognized transcriptions this option will start dictation playback at the current cursor position *.
* - must have Rewind after Pause set to zero (see Date/Time Values under the options menu) for playback to start at exact cursor position. |
| Split Transcription at Cursor (Ctrl+Alt+S) |
NEW - Allows the typist to break the transcription at the cursor position, copying the text to a new transcription. Used when a single dictation has multiple patients.
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| Check Spelling as you Type |
NEW - Allows the AME to spell check as you type, any misspelled words will be underlined with a red squiggly line.
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| Use Double-Space After Sentence |
NEW - Will automatically place a double-space at the end of a sentence.
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| Insert Line Break (Shift+Enter) |
NEW - Inserts a single line into the AME instead of a double-spaced line.
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| Toggle Section (Ctrl+Alt+H) |
NEW - Adds/removes an AME section heading in the transcription. If predefined sections headings are used will also display a drop down list, allowing typist to choose a section.
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| Toggle Sub-Section |
NEW - Adds/removes an AME sub-section heading in the transcription
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| Toggle List |
NEW - Adds a bullet point list item to the transcription in the AME.
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| Indent List |
NEW - Indents a bullet point list item to the transcription in the AME.
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| Unindent List |
NEW - Removes a bullet point list item from the transcription in the AME.
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| Increase Zoom |
NEW - Zooms in on the text in the AME, allowing the typist to increase the displayed size of the text without affecting the font size of the transcription.
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| Decrease Zoom |
NEW - Unzooms the text in the AME, allowing the typist to decrease the displayed size of the text without affecting the font size of the transcription.
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| Reset Zoom |
NEW - Resets the zoom to the original setting.
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| Tools Menu | |
| Backup Personal Files |
CHANGED - By default the backup will save all autotext and user dictionaries to "My Documents folder". C:\Documents and Settings\XXX\My Documents\InScribe. Where XXX is the windows username.
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| Restore Personal Files |
CHANGED - Restores all backed up autotext and user dictionaries. Note: in order for your restored dictionary files to be recognized by InScribe you will need to exit and restart the program.
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| Open Character Map |
NEW - Opens up the windows character map program allowing typists to insert special characters into the transcription text like the ø degree symbol. Special characters can be inserted by copying and pasting to the clip board or by dragging the character from the character map window into the transcription text.
* Known issue - When a char is inserted a line break is generated and the cursor gets placed on the next line. |
| Options Menu The options menu has been reorganized to group specific functions together. |
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| Spelling and Typing Options |
REORGINIZED - Spelling and typing options have been reordered grouping similar functionality together. Also, a new rest button has been added to default all spell checker options to original installed settings.
NEW DICTIONARIES - the word list for the Emdat dictionaries have been significantly increased with the addition of the following: Emdat2_aj.clx, Emdat2_ks.clx, and Emdat2_tz.clx. These dictionaries will be automatically added upon install. * Two new default settings will be switched on after a new installation or upgrade: Report Doubled Words and Split Hyphenated Words. |
| Advanced Personal Files |
This option is the version 4.3 method of backing up autotext and user dictionaries. It is partially replaced by the "Backup personal files" option located under the Tools menu.
This option, however, allows you to backup or restore different versions of your autotext and user dictionaries into different sets or locations. This allows you to have a set of autotext and dictionaries that are specific to a client. For example you can have a separate Neurology and Ob/Gyn autotext and dictionaries. |
| Configure a Footpedal |
NEW - If the typist is using an Emdat approved footpedal this wizard will help you configure it for use with InScribe.
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| Continue Playback after Rew/FF |
NEW - When this option is turned off playback will stop after a rewind or fast forward. This option is convenient for those typists using footpedals. This option is ON by default.
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| Test MP3 Files |
REMOVED
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| Auto-Load First Appointment |
When a patient search is performed, this option automatically loads all patient demographics data for the first appointment listed in the system
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| Options Menu - Advanced | |
| Use Global Function Keys |
Can be used in conjunction with footpedals. Makes InScribe the active program for the footpedal player when other programs on the desktop are open such as outlook or word.
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| Remove Save Folders |
MOVED from the Options menu
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| Get Recalled Jobs |
This command will manually retrieve transcription(s) that have already been transcribed by you in the same session. For example, if you transcribed a job and promoted it but your transcription manager needs you to make corrections and assigns the job back to you. The job would load back into your queue after a short period of time. If you needed to get the job(s) immediately you would use this command.
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| Editors | |
| InScribe Editor | |
| InScribe Editor |
The editor version is displayed on the editor next to the zoom drop down. For example, the version will be displayed as: Editor v1,4,0,424
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| Spell Check icon |
Updated the spell check icon
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| Spell Checker |
IMPROVED - Spellcheck has changed and is now looking at each word in context to its surrounding words. This provides for improved reliability and also conforms more closely to spellcheck rules used by popular word processing programs such as Microsoft Word.
* Because of the change, some words which were not flagged in previous versions of InScribe may get flagged. In that case, simply add them to your user dictionary. |
| M*Modal AnyModal Editor for Voice Recognition | |
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Voice Recognition processing has been added to this version of InScribe. Voice Recognition dictations are transcribed and/or edited using a different type of editor called the AnyModal editor (AME). The AME was developed by MultiModal technologies, a third party vendor. This editor is hosted by InScribe but is not directly part of the InScribe program, and will only be visible when a voice recognition dictation or transcription loads into the dictation queue. All other non voice recognition dictations will use the Emdat editor.
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| Exiting InScribe | |
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If completed jobs are being sent to the server and the user attempts to exit the program they will see this prompt "InScribe is currently uploading transcriptions to the server. When this process is complete InScribe will automatically be closed. Would you like to allow this process to finish before exiting?"
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| Known Issues | |
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The following issues pertain to the AnyModal editor. The AnyModal editor is a 3rd party editor offered by MultiModal technologies. This editor, used for voice recognition processing, is hosted by InScribe but is not directly part of the InScribe program. Because this is a third party editor Emdat, Inc. does not have direct control over these issues.However we are working closely with M*MODAL, Inc. to resolve these issues.
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| Issues specific to our third party vendor's AnyModal editor | |
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| Bug Fixes | |
| Beta Release 4.91.302 | |
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| Beta Release 4.91.297 | |
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| Beta Release 4.91.294 | |
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| Beta Release 4.91.286 | |
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| Beta Release 4.91.282 | |
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| Beta Release 4.91.270 | |
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| Beta Release 4.91.267 | |
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| Beta Release 4.91.261 | |
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