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dictation

[dik-tay-shuhn] / dɪkˈteɪ ʃən /


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The report said concerns about O'Brien's practice were known for many years before 2016, including triage delays, record-keeping failures, storage of patients notes at home, delayed dictation, non-standard prescribing and other clinical and administrative concerns.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Along the same lines, dictation software has made a massive leap this year.

From Slate ● May 24, 2026

Tech workers are walking around talking to AI, pairing dictation apps with coding tools to turn rambling prompts into usable text in seconds—a process that can be both efficient and obnoxious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

These new AI dictation apps leverage Apple’s advanced chips on iPhones and Macs to run private on-device dictation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

Kay had evidently been doing his dictation well and the old gentleman was in a good humour.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Mr. Santaki came up with the idea of large groups of people taking part in dictations back in 2013.

From NewsForKids.net ● Jun. 8, 2023

Stripped from the final report, for instance, was a reference to how several department leaders who attended Garcetti’s weekly “cabinet” meetings told researchers that the meetings “often felt more like dictations rather than discussions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2022

Junior and senior staff members told investigators they were asked to perform book tasks during their work day, including transcribing dictations, printing and delivering documents, and attending meetings with agents and publishers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

The best commentaries are in the third volume, featuring Twain's autobiographical dictations from 1907-08.

From Fox News ● Jul. 8, 2019

It is table movements which are here spoken of, dictations by tipping or rapping; that is to say, by the third method heretofore referred to.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower


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