Vero's dictation is tuned specifically for clinical work — medical terms, drug names, dosages, anatomy. This page covers how it works under the hood and the small habits that make a big difference in transcription quality.
Starting and stopping dictation
Click the Record button in the recording bar at the bottom of the encounter to start. Click it again (now a pause icon) to stop.
Need to change mic or language first? Click the waveform icon on the left of the recording bar (with the ^ chevron) to open Settings. The Transcript tab in the same panel shows your live transcript as you speak.
Or use the keyboard shortcut:
Cmd+Option+R(Mac) /Ctrl+Alt+R(Windows) to toggle on and off.If you stay silent for 2 minutes, Vero automatically stops the dictation to save battery and avoid recording dead air.
You'll see words appear as you speak in the Transcript tab — these are interim results. They firm up a second or two later once Vero has heard the full phrase.
Medical-tuned for English
When your language is set to English, Vero uses a model specifically trained on medical audio — medication names, conditions, anatomical terms, abbreviations. You'll notice the difference on words like metoprolol, hydroxychloroquine, or lisinopril that general transcription tends to fumble.
Voice commands (English)
When dictating in English, you can speak these commands and Vero will insert the matching character or formatting:
Say | You'll get |
"period" or "full stop" | . |
"comma" | , |
"question mark" | ? |
"exclamation mark" | ! |
"colon" | : |
"semicolon" | ; |
"dash" or "hyphen" | - |
"open quote" / "close quote" | " " |
"new line" | Line break |
"new paragraph" | New paragraph |
Most of the time you won't need these because Vero already adds punctuation. They're most useful for line breaks and new paragraphs, since those are the only way to split your speech into structured sections as you go.
Voice commands are available in English. Other languages still get automatic punctuation and smart formatting, but not the spoken commands.
Tips for cleaner transcripts
Speak in complete phrases. Vero firms up the text when it detects a natural pause (about 1.5 seconds of silence), so short natural phrases transcribe more accurately than single words or rambling run-ons.
Pause briefly between sentences. It gives the model a cleaner signal for where to add periods.
Speak at a normal conversational pace. Slowing down too much can actually hurt accuracy — the model is trained on natural speech.
Say drug and patient names deliberately. Don't whisper them. For anything the model consistently mishears, add it to Settings → Replace and Vero will fix it automatically in every future note.
Use a good mic. A $20 USB headset does more for accuracy than any software trick. See our microphone troubleshooting guide for details.
Cut room noise when you can. Printers, HVAC, hallway conversation — all of it gets mixed into the signal. A closed door goes a long way.
How long can I dictate?
There's no maximum session length. You can dictate as long as you like — Vero only stops if it detects 2 minutes of silence. If you need to pause, click the Record button to stop, then click again to resume when you're ready.
What happens to my voice?
Audio is streamed to Vero's transcription service to be converted into text, then discarded. It is not used to train Vero's proprietary AI models. For the full picture of how Vero handles patient data, see the Privacy, Security & HIPAA article.