We have improved the probability of the changes listed below returning accurately.
If you find that specific terms are not still working correctly after a topic release, we recommend adding vocabulary and/or substitutions to improve recognition. Additionally, transcripts in which words are not recognized accurately should be corrected so we can harvest them each month and add them to the appropriate topic's corpus.
Changes listed on this page may be available on the Test system (test.nvoq.com), but there could be some that are not there yet.
Each item lists the topic version number in which it was tested (e.g. 20250218). To see the topic version currently deployed on Test, visit Topic Updates on Test System.
Accuracy - General
Negative Numbers – (S-17098 - 20250624) Enhanced support has been implemented to ensure negative numbers are now consistently formatted with a leading "-". Please note that this update does not address all scenarios where this issue may occur.
Hyphen Punctuation – (D-13855 - 20250708) The word "hyphen" was returning instead of the punctuation mark "-" when spoken. This issue occurred when the words preceding and following it was a non number word. For example "C one hyphen bisected shave" was returning as "C1 hyphen bisected shave instead of "C1-bisected shave". This issue has been addressed.
Hydroureteronephrosis – (D-138688 - 20250707) Resolved an issue where "Hydroureteronephrosis" was occasionally incorrectly returning as two separate words: "hydroureter nephrosis." This has been corrected to consistently return the term as a single word.
MTP – (D-13871; 2025710) Resolved an issue where the abbreviation "MTP" was incorrectly returned as "m_t_p" when preceded by an ordinal. For example, the phrase "second MTP" now correctly returns as "2nd MTP" instead of "2nd m_t_p".
New Words from Corrections – (S-17816 - 20250717) Support for new words identified in corrected dictations submitted in May 2025 has been added to the dictionary, along with limited corpus support in the relevant topics.
Word Support – (S-18447 - 20250719) Enhanced support has been added for the following terms, increasing the likelihood of their successful return. Added terms include:
TRPS1
CEP17
MyoD1
phylloidiform
MTAP
BRG1
INI1
PLA2R
fibrin tactoids
reactive astrogliosis
R132H
IDH1
Hyphen and Compound Words Cleanup – (S-18139 - 20250630) Continued effort to standardize the formatting of compound and hyphenated terms that previously returned inconsistently (as separate words, hyphenated, or single words). These terms will now consistently return in their correct grammatical format Updated terms include:
mass-like
non-mass-like
omega-3
neuroplasticity
well-nourished
well-developed
ill-appearing
middle-aged
alert and oriented
nonverbal
high-risk
low-grade
full-blown
evidence-based
goal-directed
high-dose
low-dose
long-acting
short-term
patient-centered
soft-spoken
quick-witted
attention-deficit
image-guided
ultrasound-guided
non-invasive
computer-assisted
left-sided
right-sided
posterior-anterior
New Drugs Support – (S-18149 - 20250729) Corpus and dictionary support for new drug names and medical devices approved by the FDA in May 2025 has been added.
Accuracy - General Medicine
HOKA, Hey Dude and EVENup – (D-13868 - 20250707) Added additional support to ensure these shoe brands are correctly recognized and returned as intended.
Accuracy - Pathology
Why are you – (D-138688; 20250707) Added support to ensure the phrase "Why are you" is correctly returned, rather than being misrecognized as "Wire U."
Non Pathology Terms – (S-18454, S-18463 - 20250716) The occurrence of non-pathology terms appearing within the Pathology topic has been significantly reduced.