Table 3.

Key evaluation metrics for transcription systems.

Indicators	Definition	Meaning	Ref.
Report average turnaround time	Average time from the start of report generation to patient accessibility	Turnaround time reduction reflects medical efficiency improvement brought by the transcription system.	[13]
Average number of critical errors	Number of medically misleading errors in generated documents	Reflects the reliability of the transcription system.	[87]
Average word error rate	Number of typos in generated documents	Reflects the effect of the document and influences the satisfaction of doctors.	[13] [87]
User experience of doctors and patients	Satisfaction of doctors and patients with all aspects of the generated documents	Improving work efficiency and user experience and reducing medical burden are goals of transcription systems.	[90] [91]