Dictation Overview

In Dictation Manager dictations can be loaded into the Player or Recorder, sent for speech recognition or by e-mail, moved, deleted or have their details changed. Dictation Overview shows the dictations in the folder that is open in Dictation Manager.  The overview takes the form of a table with rows and columns, where each dictation is a row and details of that dictation are displayed in the various columns.  Many fields can be clicked on to change the information for a particular dictation.

 Click on a column in the above graphic for more detailed information.

 

To load a dictation, click on the loudspeaker symbol in the 'A' column. The rows are color-coded to show status.

 Dictation Overview can also be viewed in combination with the Dictation Directory or Statistics/Graphic views.

 Dictations can be dragged-and-dropped into other "unfinished dictations" folders.

 The [F5] key will Refresh the contents of Dictation Overview.

When a dictation is loaded, moving the mouse pointer onto that dictation in the overview will display a tooltip indicating who (typically a typist) has currently loaded that dictation.  Format is Computer_name / User_login_name.

The selection of columns is performed with a right-click on any column header.  You can change the appearance of the overview (color, font, size etc) with a right-click on the background.

Sorting Dictations

The list of dictations in Dictation Overview can be sorted in ascending A-Z or descending Z-A order. To sort by a single column , left click on that column's heading. Left click again to reverse sort . The sort direction is also indicated by an up or down arrow.

The dictations can be sorted on multiple columns if this option has been selected and activated in Options/ Workflow/ Column Sort. You can switch between single- and multiple-column sorting by right-clicking on a column heading and selecting "Activate Sort Order". A check symbol here indicates that the sorting will be carried out as shown in Options/ Workflow/ Column Sort.

Single-column sorting can only be performed when the "Move Columns" function has been deactivated.