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Our Medical Model, tuned to the operatory
Dental transcription asks a lot from speech technology. It has to capture tooth notation, procedure terms, restorative materials and drug names. As well as multi-speaker appointments in real time, often through masks, suction, and handpiece noise.
Speechmatics' Medical Model reaches 93% accuracy, with 50% fewer keyword errors and 17% fewer word errors than the next best system.
Add practice-specific language to Custom Dictionary, so your product recognizes the words that matter from the first dictation.
An ambient scribe that keeps up with dental terminology
Clinical dictation and ambient capture — multi-speaker transcription through masks, suction, handpiece noise, and busy operatories.
Real-time clinical intelligence — give clinicians hands-free access to charting, patient history, and care prompts while they keep working chairside.
Coverage across 53+ languages and a wide range of accents and dialects, for multilingual practices and patients.
Why dental software teams build on our model
Why dental software teams build on our model
Dental software needs speech technology that works in real practice, not just clean demos.
Speechmatics combines accuracy, global language coverage, and deployment options that fit the way practices already work.
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Trust and privacy by design
No data logging by defaultNo data logging by default. Patient records stay under your control.
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Dental - HIPAA and SOC 2 compliant
HIPAA and SOC 2 compliantHIPAA and SOC 2 compliant, with controls to handle protected health information.
The enterprise-grade API for dental transcription software
The enterprise-grade API for dental transcription software
Build dental transcription software that helps teams document care without slowing it down.
Consistent accuracy
Capture appointments across accents, dental terminology, and clinical language, with results delivered in under a second.
Privacy and security options
On-premises deployment and added security controls help keep patient data protected.
Speaker diarization
Know who said what. Speechmatics captures the words and labels the speakers, separating dentist, hygienist, and patient so charting notes are easier to parse and organize.
Low connectivity shouldn't mean lost transcription
Dental care does not always happen in one perfectly connected practice.
Microbatching keeps accurate dental transcription running in satellite offices, mobile clinics, and anywhere the signal drops.
Proven performance, backed by data
Clinical transcription has little room for guesswork.
Tooth notation, symptoms, procedures, charting updates, and follow-up instructions all need to be captured accurately, because every error creates more work downstream.
Speechmatics real-time transcription produces 25% fewer errors than Microsoft and 70% fewer than Deepgram.
Experience real-time dental transcription today
Build dental transcription that can handle real appointments, dental terminology, and chairside conditions.
With Speechmatics' Medical Model, dental software teams can create faster documentation workflows, sharper records, and better experiences for the clinicians using them.
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Dental transcription FAQs
How do you accurately capture dental terminology?
How do you accurately capture dental terminology?
Speechmatics models are built for specialist language, including clinical shorthand, procedure terms, restorative materials, and domain-specific vocabulary.
For dental terms that general speech engines often miss, such as tooth notation, restorative materials, procedure codes, or practice-specific phrases, add them to Custom Dictionary to improve recognition from the first dictation.
Is my patient data secure?
Is my patient data secure?
Yes. Speechmatics is built with privacy and security in mind. We do not log data by default, and data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
For practices or software teams with stricter data requirements, on-premises deployment is available.
Can you transcribe live streaming audio?
Can you transcribe live streaming audio?
Yes. Speechmatics supports accurate real-time transcription in under 1 second.
That helps capture the detail of an appointment as it happens, reduce documentation errors, and keep the care team aligned during treatment.
What is ambient AI in a dental setting?
What is ambient AI in a dental setting?
Ambient AI captures the appointment in the background while the clinician works.
It listens, transcribes, and helps structure the conversation automatically, so dentists and hygienists can spend less time documenting and more time with the patient in the chair.
Can you transcribe a range of accents and dialects?
Can you transcribe a range of accents and dialects?
Yes. Speechmatics is designed to understand diverse voices across language, accent, and dialect.
That matters for dental teams working with multilingual colleagues, specialists, and patients from different backgrounds.
Does Speechmatics integrate with practice management and EHR systems?
Does Speechmatics integrate with practice management and EHR systems?
Yes. Speechmatics provides an API that can slot into existing software workflows with minimal setup.
Whether you are building a dental scribe, pushing notes into a practice management system, or auto-populating charting from chairside audio, Speechmatics provides the accurate voice data layer behind the experience.
Can Speechmatics produce SOAP notes, clinical notes, and referral letters?
Can Speechmatics produce SOAP notes, clinical notes, and referral letters?
Speechmatics provides the accurate real-time transcription your application can use to generate structured documentation.
Your AI layer can turn those transcripts into SOAP notes, treatment notes, or referral letters in the format your practice needs.
With fewer keyword errors in clinical terminology, the transcript is cleaner before downstream automation begins.
How does Speechmatics reduce the documentation burden on dental teams?
How does Speechmatics reduce the documentation burden on dental teams?
Clinicians lose time to notes every day, often between appointments or after hours.
Speechmatics captures appointments in real time, so documentation starts while the conversation is happening. That means fewer manual corrections, less after-hours catch-up, and more time focused on care.
Is Speechmatics fully HIPAA compliant for handling protected health information?
Is Speechmatics fully HIPAA compliant for handling protected health information?
Yes. Speechmatics is HIPAA compliant, with infrastructure and controls designed to handle protected health information responsibly.
We offer on-premises deployment for teams that need patient data to stay in their own environment, with no data logging by default, encryption in transit and at rest, and third-party audits to validate our security posture.