Commonly confused with speech recognition, digital dictation involves humans to interpret and translate spoken word into text. By contrast, speech recognition uses software to attempt to convert speech into computerized text.

Today’s digital dictation does not require clumsy equipment — in fact, it can be done just about anywhere with the incredible mobility afforded us by cell phones, smartphones, netbooks, and laptops.

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