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Technical Director at Dictate Australia, Australia's leading supplier of digital voice recorders and voice recognition software for Windows and Mac.

Olympus Firmware Update v2.0 – DS-7000 & DS-3500 Pro Digital Dictaphone Voice Recorders

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Olympus DS-7000 Firmware Update v2.0

In May 2015 Olympus released an update to their professional digital dictation voice recorder models DS-7000 and DS-3500. Your device can be updated from either a Windows PC or a Mac, the firmware zip file containers update files for both platforms. The official firmware update file is called DS7000_DSP_v200_FwUp.zip and contains only two files: Mac_DS7000_DSP_v200_FwUp.dmg Win_DS7000_DSP_v200_FwUp.exe You … read more

Work from Home as a Transcription Typist – What Do I Need?

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Work from Home transcription typist

We have been involved in digital dictation and transcription for nearly ten years now and something that has remained as a constant during that time is the need for transcription typists. Not much has really changed over the years other than the fact that we are now fully digital and gone are the days of … read more

So Far So Good … Olympus ODMS R6 and Windows 10

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Olympus ODMS Windows 10 Dictation Transcription Module

**Update April 2017** If you are using ODMS, either dictation or transcription module, on Windows 10 and/or with Microsoft Office 365 please apply the latest free patch from Olympus – details in this blog Olympus ODMS Patch0016 With the launch of Windows 10 worldwide on July 29th, 2015 and the subsequent slow rollout to those who had reserved … read more

Olympus WJ4 – Dramatically Reduce Wind Noise & Get Noticed Doing It

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Olympus WJ4 Windjammer fro LS-100 LS12 LS-14

One of the most annoying aspects of digital recording, especially when recording outside and collecting nature sounds, interviews or even recording music, is wind noise across the microphones. The latest digital voice and music recorders from Olympus come complete with some amazing microphones built-in to pick up every sound. But sometimes, every sound can be … read more

[Mac] Transcription Software for Mac – Olympus DSS Player Plus v7

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Olympus are renowned for being the best when it comes to digital dictation and transcription. All their digital voice recorders and professional digital dictaphones are both Mac and Windows compatible. For Mac users, Olympus provide specific transcription software called DSS Player Plus v7 (currently at release 7.5.1 and OS X 10.10 Yosemite compatible). Olympus DSS … read more

[Mac] Olympus DSS Player Plus v7.5.1 Released – OS X 10.10 Yosemite Compatible

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Better late than never Olympus have recently released an update to their DSS Player Plus v7 software for Mac (this is the Mac equivalent of the ODMS R6 and DSS Player Pro R5 dictation and transcription module software on Windows). The latest update, v7.5.1 brings just two changes, Yosemite compatibility plus an Olympus name change … read more

The Use of Smartphones for Professional Dictation in the Cloud Increases by 400% in the Last 6 Months

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Dictation via Smartphone on the increase

The stats speak for themselves, use of a smartphone for professional legal and medical dictation is growing and at a rapid rate. The chart above shows the growth for our own customers over the last six months. Since January 2015 to mid-year we have seen a near 400% increase in the number of dictation files … read more

ODMS 6.4 Release – Olympus Dictation Management System for Windows

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On 1st July 2015 the latest version of ODMS hit the Olympus servers for public download. This is a free update to your ODMS dictation or transcription module software. New features and improvements include: •        Enhancement of Dictation/Transcription file exchange via ODDS, which now allows typists to automatically send reply documents back … read more