Olympus for Mac Users – Don’t Upgrade to macOS 11 Big Sur Yet

Auto download issue with Olympus DSS Player Plus v7.7.3 in macOS 11 Big Sur workaround

**UPDATE** DSS Player Plus v7.7.4 (and above) now supports macOS Big Sur – download here: dictat.es/mac-downloads If you use an Olympus Digital Dictaphone user exclusively on a Mac you are encouraged to hold-off upgrading to the latest Mac operating system major update to macOS 11 Big Sur when it is released. Initial testing of DSS … read more

[Mac] Olympus DSS Player Plus Updated to v7.5.0 – Mavericks OS X 10.9 Compatible

Olympus have rolled out another free update to their Mac dictation and transcription software DSS Player Plus v7 which addresses only a couple of things: 1. OS X 10.9 compatibility 2. DS-5500 support (not yet available in Australia) and the ability to set the location of each folder. Here is the official release notes: You … read more

[Mac] Olympus DSS Player Plus v7.3.3 Released – Creates Dragon Dictate 3 Compatible AIF Audio Files

Drum roll please …. Olympus have just rolled out the latest update to DSS Player Plus v7 for the Mac going to version 7.3.3. The update includes the fix/change/feature to convert audio recorded on their professional digital dictation machines (DS-7000/DS-5000) in DSS Pro (.ds2) format to high quality .AIF which can be used by Nuance’s … read more

[Mac] Olympus DSS Player Update 7.3.2 Available – Mountain Lion Compatibility [OS X 10.8]

Olympus Australia have today released an update to their DSS Player v7 software for Apple Mac, users on any version of DSS Player Plus version 7 will be able to upgrade for free. This is a small incremental release with only two key updates: Compatibility for Apple’s latest operating system, Mountain Lion – OS X … read more

Mac: How To Email Dictation From Olympus DSS Player v7 Plus

Email ds2 digital audio from Olympus dictaphone on Mac

Slowly but surely the Mac version of DSS Player is coming up to speed against its more mature Windows counterpart – called DSS Player v7 Plus on Mac and DSS Player Pro v5 Dictation Module on Windows. However the Mac DSS software is still lacking a couple of keys features that Windows users enjoy, one key feature is auto email of dictation audio files. Most Mac users will simply puff out their chests as they huff that they are quite capable of sending an email without software doing it for them, still it is a handy feature, especially if you have multiple audio files, and a feature that people often ask about and look for.

I was prompted to write this blog post as a couple of hits recently had people looking at how you actually send an audio file from DSS Player v7 Plus, this is when I noticed that it is not entirely obvious in the software – there is no email button or file option. In true Mac fashion emailing a file or files is intuitive – you simply drag and drop from DSS Player Pro into your mail client or into your browser if you use Gmail via the web interface, that’s it. If you are one of those people who like to select the file from disk the quickest way to locate your dictation file and folder is to double tap (or right click if you have set this) on the audio file name in the right window pain in DSS Player Plus, select Property then expand out the File Path to open a Finder window showing your file location. All of these are covered below in detail:

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[Mac] Olympus DSS Player Version 7 Plus Upgrade To 7.2.8 Available – Lion Compatible

A couple of customers recently have had some minor issues using their Olympus DS-5000/DS-5000iD/DS-3400 digital dictaphone on their Mac running Lion (OS X 10.7). The problem experienced was that the device was not automatically recognised by the software when the digital voice recorder was docked or the USB cable attached. The problem seemed to stem … read more