Olympus Australia Giving Away ODDS Dictation App One Year Subscriptions

Olympus Professional Audio Australia have today announced a promotion which will run until the end of August 2016 giving away a one year Olympus ODDS (Olympus Dictation Delivery Service) subscription for use with their iPhone and Android Dictation App with the purchase of any professional physical digital dictaphone. The Olympus Dictation app ( available on … read more

Olympus Dictation – Smartphone App for Secure Professional Productivity Gains

Olympus Mobile Dictation App

Search on the Apple App Store or Google Play for dictation apps and there are plenty to choose from. Most will mimic the professional handheld dictaphones allowing audio to be recorded while stopping/starting and rewinding to hear what was last said and then continue before completing an audio file. This is great and gives the … read more

[Mac] Olympus DSS Player Plus v7.5.2 Released – OSX 10.11 El Capitan Compatible

Olympus have finally released an update to their ageing DSS Player Plus dictation and transcription software for Mac. This release comes after issues with many Mac users rushing into the latest OS X upgrade to 10.11 named El Capitan (details in this post). Unfortunately, unlike most other Mac developers, Olympus must have slept through the … read more

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

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

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

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

ODMS 6.4 Release – Olympus Dictation Management System for Windows

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

$50 off Olympus DS-7000 – ’tis the season for a discount, fa la la la la …

As we rapidly approach the end of the calendar year it is time to reflect and enjoy the silly season, treat our friends and loved ones and perhaps leave some space to treat ourselves too? Well if you have been one of those medical or legal types who have looked longingly at a new digital … read more

Olympus DS-7000 – $100 Cash Back from Olympus Australia – Trade In Promotion

Olympus Australia have recently announced a trade-in promotion which runs until the end of October 2014. To qualify for upto $100 cash back when you buy a qualifying brand new Olympus digital dictaphone all you have to do is trade in your old, tired digital or analog tape voice recorder/dictaphone. That’s all there is to it … read more