In the digital dictation and transcription world there is still, in 2013, quite a big divide between the functionality and features of digital voice software for Mac when compared to Windows. Windows users enjoy a raft of features and functions that are yet to appear in the Mac software. Olympus have led the digital dictation … read more
Sometimes the obvious ideas are the best. Here is a perfect example, Hugo-Dictation [ hugo-dictation.com ] out of the UK has done exactly that, make an iPhone voice recording app and make it compatible with the Olympus transcription module software .. brilliant! Voice recording and dictation apps are two a penny on the app store … read more
I just stumbled across this great video on YouTube from Brendan Wenzel in the US using an Olympus ME-52W noise cancelling mic with a GoPro. The ME-52W is commonly used with the Olympus range of digital voice recorders to cut down on wind noise when recording outside or when recording audio that is going to … read more
Olympus have just release a new microphone in Australia called the ME-33. The ME-33 is commonly known as a boundary or array microphone and connects to any Olympus digital voice recorder including the Pro DS series dictaphones (DS-7000/DS-3500) and the traditional meeting recorders like the DM-3 (this is the preferred recorder with the ME-33’s) or … read more
Olympus have released a new firmware update for the Olympus DS-7000 and DS-3500 professional digital dictaphones. To the average users there is no urgency to install this update which contains a couple of minor tweak to the voice recorders firmware. The two updates included in this release are: 1. Supports MIF (Metadata Import Function) Enables … read more
Two incredible new digital music recorders are set to launch in Australia this month (April 2013), the Olympus LS-12 and LS-14. With every Olympus digital recorder launch the units just get better and better and in recent years cheaper and cheaper too, no complaints there. These two newbies are going to make any musician just … read more
The first update to Dragon Dictate 3 from Nuance has been released, the small bug fix update takes the worlds best voice recognition software for the Mac to version 3.0.1 – nothing to see here, just grab the update and move on. Release Notes For Dragon Dictate 3.0.1 Addressed issues related to extraneous characters and … read more
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