Does the system produce “medicalese” which patients may fail to understand even in their own language?
This is up to the staff member. Converser™ contains a very large medical vocabulary, so it can translate sophisticated medical language when appropriate; but it also contains an even larger general vocabulary (of some 300,000 entries!), so that most everyday expressions can be translated as well.In fact, because of this large general-purpose foundation, staff members and patients can feel free to range beyond strictly medical conversation to talk about family matters, hobbies, etc. No other speech-enabled translation system offers this breadth of linguistic and topical coverage.
This is up to the staff member. Converser™ contains a very large medical vocabulary, so it can translate sophisticated medical language when appropriate; but it also contains an even larger general vocabulary (of some 300,000 entries!), so that most everyday expressions can be translated as well. In fact, because of this large general-purpose foundation, staff members and patients can feel free to range beyond strictly medical conversation to talk about family matters, hobbies, etc. No other speech-enabled translation system offers this breadth of linguistic and topical coverage.
