Is ImproMed or Talkatoo better?

Neither clearly leads. ImproMed starts at On request and Talkatoo at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, ImproMed or Talkatoo?

ImproMed starts at On request and Talkatoo at On request.

Does ImproMed or Talkatoo run on more platforms?

ImproMed runs on Windows. Talkatoo runs on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.

What is ImproMed best used for?

ImproMed is most often used for a multi-doctor hospital carrying significant inventory value that needs reorder points and vendor price comparison, a practice manager who has to analyse production by veterinary surgeon and reconcile it against the general ledger, a hospital in an area with unreliable internet that will not put the appointment book and records on a cloud connection, a small group running wellness plans that need recurring billing and compliance tracking against patients. Of those, a multi-doctor hospital carrying significant inventory value that needs reorder points and vendor price comparison and a practice manager who has to analyse production by veterinary surgeon and reconcile it against the general ledger are not what Talkatoo is typically brought in for.

What can ImproMed do that Talkatoo cannot?

ImproMed covers Multi-location inventory, Production reporting, Wellness plans, Laboratory and imaging integration. Talkatoo covers Veterinary vocabulary, Types anywhere, Mobile dictation, Custom shortcuts.

Veterinary · head to head

ImproMed vs Talkatoo

ImproMed

Veterinary

On-premise Windows practice management with deep inventory and financial reporting, now inside Covetrus

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Talkatoo

Veterinary

Veterinary dictation that types into any practice management system without needing an integration

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: ImproMed it is a server-based Windows product, so the practice owns the hardware, the SQL database, the patching and the backup regime, and those costs never appear in the software quotation.; Talkatoo because it types into whatever field has focus, a stray click sends a paragraph of clinical notes into the wrong patient record or the wrong field entirely.
They diverge on capability: ImproMed covers Multi-location inventory, Talkatoo covers Veterinary vocabulary.
Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ImproMed and Talkatoo actually diverge.

Attributes where ImproMed and Talkatoo differ
Attribute	ImproMed	Talkatoo
Platforms	Windows	Windows, macOS, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Veterinary).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in ImproMed

Multi-location inventory
Production reporting
Wellness plans
Laboratory and imaging integration
On-premise deployment
Covetrus prescription management

Only in Talkatoo

Veterinary vocabulary
Types anywhere
Mobile dictation
Custom shortcuts
Ambient note drafting
Multi-user accounts

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

ImproMed

A multi-doctor hospital carrying significant inventory value that needs reorder points and vendor price comparisonnot Talkatoo
A practice manager who has to analyse production by veterinary surgeon and reconcile it against the general ledgernot Talkatoo
A hospital in an area with unreliable internet that will not put the appointment book and records on a cloud connectionnot Talkatoo
A small group running wellness plans that need recurring billing and compliance tracking against patientsnot Talkatoo

Talkatoo

A clinician finishing records after hours because typing during consultations is too slownot ImproMed
A mixed or equine practice writing notes in a vehicle between farm visitsnot ImproMed
A practice on an older on-premise system that no modern tool will integrate withnot ImproMed
A group wanting faster record completion without replacing the practice management systemnot ImproMed

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

ImproMed

It is a server-based Windows product, so the practice owns the hardware, the SQL database, the patching and the backup regime, and those costs never appear in the software quotation.
Covetrus markets Pulse as its strategic cloud platform while holding three legacy practice management systems, so ask directly what development ImproMed still receives and get the support commitment and end-of-life notice period in writing.
Remote and mobile access is weak compared with cloud systems, which matters for on-call work, home record review and multi-site groups sharing patients.
The interface is dense and dated, and training a new receptionist or technician on it takes materially longer than on a modern cloud system.
If Covetrus does steer customers to Pulse, the migration is a full data conversion with retraining, so the cost of the eventual move should be priced into the decision now rather than later.

Talkatoo

Because it types into whatever field has focus, a stray click sends a paragraph of clinical notes into the wrong patient record or the wrong field entirely.
Recognition accuracy varies with accent, background noise and ward acoustics, and a busy consulting room is the worst case rather than the exception.
It is priced per user, so a practice with locums and part-time clinicians pays for seats that dictate a handful of times a month.
Everything it produces is free text, so nothing is captured in a discrete field and the notes do not feed reporting, recall lists or any future structured data project.
Ambient drafting produces a record that reads as complete but may contain errors of omission, and the clinician remains responsible for a document they did not write and may not read carefully.

Pricing, plan by plan

ImproMed

On request

ImproMed Infinity$undefined/year
- Quoted per practice with a licence and an annual support agreement
- Server hardware and database licensing are the responsibility of the practice
- Data conversion and training charged separately

Talkatoo

On request

Talkatoo$undefined/year
- Per-user subscription
- Ambient note drafting priced separately
- Volume pricing for multi-site groups

Which should you pick?

Choose ImproMed if

You need multi-location inventory.
You work on Windows.
You also want production reporting.

ImproMed review

Choose Talkatoo if

You need veterinary vocabulary.
You work on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.
You also want types anywhere.

Talkatoo review

Questions people ask

Is ImproMed or Talkatoo better?: Neither clearly leads. ImproMed starts at On request and Talkatoo at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ImproMed or Talkatoo?: ImproMed starts at On request and Talkatoo at On request.
Does ImproMed or Talkatoo run on more platforms?: ImproMed runs on Windows. Talkatoo runs on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.
What is ImproMed best used for?: ImproMed is most often used for a multi-doctor hospital carrying significant inventory value that needs reorder points and vendor price comparison, a practice manager who has to analyse production by veterinary surgeon and reconcile it against the general ledger, a hospital in an area with unreliable internet that will not put the appointment book and records on a cloud connection, a small group running wellness plans that need recurring billing and compliance tracking against patients. Of those, a multi-doctor hospital carrying significant inventory value that needs reorder points and vendor price comparison and a practice manager who has to analyse production by veterinary surgeon and reconcile it against the general ledger are not what Talkatoo is typically brought in for.
What can ImproMed do that Talkatoo cannot?: ImproMed covers Multi-location inventory, Production reporting, Wellness plans, Laboratory and imaging integration. Talkatoo covers Veterinary vocabulary, Types anywhere, Mobile dictation, Custom shortcuts.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

ImproMed: Is ImproMed still being developed?

Ask Covetrus for a release history and a written support commitment. Pulse is the stated strategic cloud product, and ImproMed, AVImark and RxWorks are all legacy systems in the same portfolio.

Talkatoo: Does Talkatoo integrate with my practice management system?

It does not need to. It sends text to whatever field your cursor is in, which is why it works with systems that have no integration programme at all.

ImproMed: Can it run in the cloud?

It is designed for an on-premise server. Hosting it on a remote desktop service is possible but it is not a native cloud application and does not behave like one.

Talkatoo: Is the dictated audio stored?

Recognition is processed in the cloud. Ask specifically how long audio and transcripts are retained and where, because consultation recordings can contain client personal information.

ImproMed: What is it better at than cloud alternatives?

Inventory control and financial and production reporting. Practices with high stock value and several veterinary surgeons are the ones that notice the difference.

Talkatoo: Will it fill in structured fields in my records?

No. It produces free text. If you need discrete, searchable clinical data, dictation is the wrong tool for that part of the record.

ImproMed: What happens to my data if we move to Pulse?

A conversion project. Establish before signing what Covetrus will convert, what it will not, and who pays for it.

ImproMed vs Talkatoo

ImproMed

Talkatoo

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in ImproMed

Only in Talkatoo

What people use each for

ImproMed

Talkatoo

Where each one falls short

ImproMed

Talkatoo

Pricing, plan by plan

ImproMed

Talkatoo

Which should you pick?

Choose ImproMed if

Choose Talkatoo if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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