Dictation

Dictation is a new Nabla product currently available to a limited number of users. It provides real-time, at-cursor voice dictation designed to support a wide range of clinical workflows and EHR systems. If you don’t have access yet, no action is needed.

• Mixed – Punctuation is added automatically, but you can also dictate punctuation explicitly.

• Explicit – All punctuation must be dictated.

• Dictated punctuation marks: . , ! ? - : ; " [ ] ( ) — [see full list here]

• New line – Moves to a new line

• New paragraph – Starts a new paragraph

• New dash – Creates a bullet point (\n-)

• Note: “?” must be explicitly dictated (they are rare in clinical notes)

• Say: "New line, number one" → Produces:
  1.

• Common editing commands:
  "delete word", "scratch that", "erase that", "remove that"

• Next field – Moves to the next input field

• Say: "new section [name]"
  Example: "new section plan" → Outputs:
  \nAssessment and Plan:\n

Works with section names:
Allergies, Appointments, Assessment, Assessment and plan, Cardiovascular risks, Chief complaint, Current medications, Diet appointments, Diet chief complaint, Diet habits, Diet lifestyle, Diet medical history, Diet objectives, Diet vitals, Family history, History of present illness, Imaging results, Immunizations, Lab results, Mental health exam, Mental health history, Past medical history, Past obstetric history, Past surgical history, Physical exam, Plan, Prescription, Psychology history of complaint, Soap assessment, Soap assessment and plan, Soap diagnostic tests ordered, Soap objective, Soap physical exam, Soap plan, Soap subjective, Social history, Symptoms, Vitals, Well child care, Clinical history, Past medications, Gaps in care, Member focused care plan, Referrals, Results, Call summary, Patient goals, Goals, Medical procedures performed, HPI, Review of systems, Subjective, Objective.

Dictation users can trigger their configured dot phrases. These are shared with Ambient and managed via:
https://copilot.nabla.com/settings/dot-phrases

Note: Unlike Ambient, Dictation dot phrases are static—they don't adapt to context. They're more like vocal text templates.