Note-first input!!! Transcribing is so much faster in Finale where I can just figure out what the notes are and then immediately input them without leaving the input cursor. In Dorico, obviously any time I touch the MIDI keyboard it is going to input notes if the cursor is active. That means anytime I need to use my keyboard to transcribe the next phrase (or sometimes even transcribe just a single note in a difficult to hear passage) I have to leave the input cursor, figure it out on my MIDI keyboard, then re-enter the input cursor to input, then leave again, etc. All this entering and leaving the input cursor is just way slower than note-first input where I never have to leave the cursor the entire time I’m transcribing.
Honestly, I usually just leave Amazing Slow Downer or Transcribe! open while transcribing into notation software. Both are already great transcription tools and I’d rather see the Dorico developers spend their time to improve notation elements rather than incorporate transcription features. Just my $0.02.