The Evolution of Speech Recognition Software (from Legal Technology and Law Practice Management 2018) (Online Seminar)

A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of one session from the August 2018 live seminar, Legal Technology and Law Practice Management.

Featuring nationally acclaimed legal technology expert Barron K. Henley

Lawyers have to draft pleadings and documents, capture time entries in accounting software, respond to emails, and enter case-related information into a file (or case management system).  All of those things typically involve a keyboard, and unfortunately, many lawyers just aren’t good typists.  Years ago, it was common for support staff to handle such things.  But today, a high percentage of lawyers have limited or no access to support staff simply due to the cost.  As a result, today’s lawyers have to be far more self-reliant in the generation of work product.  Thankfully, speech recognition technology can resolve these issues.  You talk, and the software types exactly what you’re saying.  This technology can be used for automatic transcription, time entries, and any drafting task without ever touching the keyboard.  Speech recognition has definitely arrived, and this seminar shows you how it works and what you need to incorporate it into your practice.  We’ll focus on the popular Dragon Professional software application.

FACULTY

Barron K.  Henley, Esq., Affinity Consulting Group / Columbus, OH

Barron K. Henley, Esq., is one of the founding partners of Affinity Consulting Group, a legal technology consulting firm focused on automating and streamlining law firms and legal departments.  He earned his B.S./B.A. (marketing and economics) and J.D. from The Ohio State University and is a member of the American, Ohio, and Columbus Bar Associations, and the Worthington Estate Planning Council.  He is a member of both the ABA Law Practice Management and the Real Property Trust and Estate Law ("RPTE") Sections. He's a member of RPTE Futures Task Force, a Board Member for the ABA TECHSHOW, and is the former Chair of the Ohio State Bar Association Law Office Automation & Technology Committee.  Mr. Henley heads Affinity’s document assembly/automation and software training departments; he is a renowned expert on Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, and HotDocs document assembly software; and has authored legal-specific manuals on HotDocs, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.  He is also an expert in launching new law firms, overhauling existing firms, and documenting and re-engineering law firm processes.  Finally, Mr. Henley teaches continuing legal education (CLE) classes throughout the U.S. and Canada covering a wide variety of topics related to law practice management, technology, and ethics.