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I thought it allows for dictation as input?


This would seem to be an advantage of the voice input API in Android. Something the iPad lacks.


Android certainly has an advantage here, but a smattering of iOS apps, including the EHR in question, seem to licence speech-to-text and integrate it fairly seamlessly. Siri (before Apple acquired them) and Orchestra (a new to-do app) are good examples.

It's also worth mentioning that screenshots of internal builds of iOS 5 have a microphone on the keyboard, seeming to imply speech-to-text could be a surprise feature of iOS 5.


I also think you're underestimating the usefulness of a tablet form factor when physicians are sharing information with their patients. Harder to do that with a laptop.




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