Based in Essex, Birkett Long LLP, with offices in Chelmsford, Basildon, Colchester, and (more recently) Malta, chose the SpeechWrite 360 cloud solution after a comprehensive review of the dictation market. The company’s existing dictation solution was not fit for purpose with the ‘cloud-first’ strategy that the firm had adopted.

Maxwell Hodge is a solicitor practice with 8 Offices across Merseyside and the Wirral.  Being locally based means teamwork is essential for the firm, ensuring support is provided across all branches at all times. The firm’s former analogue dictation system had become outdated and inefficient, and it was becoming more and more difficult to get replacement hardware or even to have the existing hardware repaired.

In business since the 1840s, specialising in property since the 1970s, and even creating the legal documentation for one of the first housing associations; Croftons is a leading, specialist housing and commercial real estate law firm based in Manchester. In business since the 1840s, specialising in property since the 1970s, and even creating the legal documentation for one of the first housing associations; Croftons is a leading, specialist housing and commercial real estate law firm based in Manchester.

With a wealth of experience and knowledge for the commercial property industry KWB are a specialist property consultancy focused on the Midlands region, with offices in Birmingham and Solihull. KWB were using an out-dated dictation solution that was fast becoming obsolete. The incumbent system was not designed for mobile working with authors having to wait until they got home or in the office to dock dictation work, allowing them to send documents to the admin team for transcription.

Salehs are a growing law firm based in Manchester, offering legal support for businesses and consumers alike. The firm has recently grown through the successful acquisition of Solis Law and the sustained growth of other departments, notably Commercial Property and Commercial Finance. Salehs also specialise in Real Estate and Residential Property with a combined team of 27 fee earners and 15 staff in the admin support team.

Bay Medical Group is a large merged GP Practice in Lancashire providing services to approximately 54,000 patients. The Practice has a wide variety of clinical staff working alongside the GP’s, including Primary Care Pharmacists, Advanced Practitioners, Mental Health workers, Paramedics, Practice Nurses, Treatment Room Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Health Care Assistants, Phlebotomists and Care Co-ordinators to deliver care.

Set up in 2001, The Child Law Partnership is a family law firm who initially focused exclusively on children’s cases and Social Services. After expanding, the practice now deals with a broad range of family issues involving separation, divorce, disputes concerning children and family finances. With 27 staff and 6 offices, they are one of the largest specialist and family law firms in the South East.

Hugh Reeve from Nutwood Medical Practice piloted voice recognition (integrated with EMIS) for 4 weeks and has given his insights below