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Are there any documented case studies within the NHS that carried out usability testing to assess the suitability of handwriting recognition for clinical documentation? Handwriting recognition in an ideal world would be a seamless extension of normal writing; however, can it conquer the world of a clinician’s cryptic handwriting? Also, interested in any recommended studies on speech recognition.

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