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. 2000 Sep-Oct;7(5):462–468. doi: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070462

Table 1.

Voice Scoring Categories

  • General English vocabulary:

    • General vocabulary word omitted
    • Word misrecognized as different word
    • Word misrecognized as two or more different words
    • Homophone substituted
    • General vocabulary recognized as medical vocabulary
    • Proper name misrecognized
    • General vocabulary abbreviation misrecognized
  • Medical vocabulary:

    • Medical vocabulary recognized as general vocabulary
    • Medical vocabulary recognized as wrong medical vocabulary
    • Medical vocabulary recognized as two or more words
    • Medical abbreviation recognized as general vocabulary
    • Medical abbreviation recognized as wrong medical abbreviation
    • Medical abbreviation recognized as two or more words
    • Medical abbreviation omitted
  • Extra word omitted

  • Numbers:

    • Number misrecognized as general vocabulary
    • Numbers omitted
    • Wrong number recognized
  • Punctuation:

    • Punctuation mark omitted/spelled out/recognized as general text:
      • Period
      • Comma
      • Colon
      • Semicolon
      • Quotes
      • Dash
      • Parentheses
      • Slash
    • Wrong punctuation recognized