Capture Spanish in DAX Copilot
The DAX Copilot mobile app enables Spanish-speaking clinicians to capture patient conversations in Spanish or a mix of English and Spanish. Clinicians and patients can switch languages seamlessly during the encounter.
Note: This feature is only available in the U.S. Whether you see the feature depends on your configuration. Please contact your Administrator to enable the Capture Spanish feature.
How to start a new encounter in Spanish
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Select the
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Choose a language setting based on the primary language of the conversation. This ensures the most accurate notes.
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Toggle ‘Capture Spanish’ ON if the conversation will be mostly in Spanish.
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Leave it OFF if the conversation will be mostly in English.
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Select the microphone icon
What's captured in the transcript
Transcripts reflect the language(s) spoken during the encounter. The transcript shows each speaker’s turn in the language spoken, while the summary is always in English. Both the Summary tab and ellipsis menu indicate whether Spanish was captured, confirmed by an “ES” label at the bottom of each tab.
What's captured in the summary
Summaries are always generated in English, the standard for medical documentation in the U.S.
Note: This feature is not a translation service. The model understands both English and Spanish and generates transcripts in the spoken language. The summary is created in English.
How to add an additional DAX Copilot recording
Add another recording in Spanish
If the Capture Spanish toggle is ON, it will stay active until manually turned off. Select the microphone icon
Add another recording in English
If the initial conversation was recorded in Spanish and you wish to add a subsequent recording in English, turn the Capture Spanish toggle switch off first.
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Go to the ellipsis menu.
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Select Capture Spanish.
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Uncheck the box to turn the toggle OFF. Then, select the
Note: At the beginning of each new recording, the language toggle switch defaults to the language selected for the previous recording unless you manually adjust it.
Frequently asked questions
A: Yes, you may switch between English and Spanish within a single recording. However, for the most accurate note results, refrain from mixing English and Spanish within a single sentence.
A: If the toggle switch is not activated before recording begins, the system will attempt to phonetically sound out the words in the expected language. For instance, if you forget to switch to Spanish while speaking Spanish during the recording, the system may interpret "si" as "see," since it anticipates English.
There is no way to turn on capture Spanish after the fact if you forget to turn the capture Spanish toggle to ON prior to recording.
A: The capture Spanish feature is to be used when both the clinician and the patient are speaking Spanish. Leave the toggle switch in the off position if an interpreter is engaged to translate the conversation.
A: Only use Spanish when recording the patient encounter. Use English for voice commands to edit, transfer a summary to the EHR, etc.
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