Olympus Release Firmware Update v1.20 for DS-7000 & DS-3500 Dictaphones – FlashAir Support

Olympus this week released a new firmware update for their professional dictation voice recorders, DS-7000 and DS-3500 models. This firmware release is a bit of a milestone in a couple of ways. The reason for the firmware release is to add support for the Toshiba FlashAir wireless LAN embedded SDHC memory cards. FlashAir cards are … read more

Olympus Release Dictation iOS App But Is There More To Come?

This post is a short one. I suspect there is more coming for this new app so will hold off doing a full review until the complete picture is known. Olympus audio department have finally taken the plunge into the iOS app store (iPhone only) releasing the Olympus Dictation voice recording app { iTunes link … read more

Downright Transcription iPhone App – Voice Recognition That Runs On Device Using Open Source Speech to Text

Here is an iPhone app I wanted to show you, it is called Downright Transcription and has been written by Ronald Lo a 32 year old Hong Kong resident. Ronald had the idea for an app after a friend of his who works in a hospital needed some help converting voice to text for meetings. … read more

iPhone Hugo Dictation with Automatic Transcription using Olympus ODMS and Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Here is another blog post in our Dragon NaturallySpeaking series. We are trying to demonstrate to both digital dictators and digital transcription typists how you can use Dragon in your daily work life to reduce typing time and increase productive time. In this post we are looking at remote recording apps and how they can … read more

New Olympus RS-32 Transcription Hand Controller Supported in DSS Player Pro R5 & ODMS R6

Olympus Imaging Australia have released the new RS-32 in Australia and have linked the release with a free update to their DSS Player Pro R5 transcription module software. The update takes DSS Player Pro R5 to version R5.0.14 and includes support and the drivers for the RS-32 along with some patches and bug fixes. A hand … read more

Dead PC or Upgrading Computer? – How To Transfer Your Olympus DSS Player Pro, ODMS or DSS Player Plus Software Licence

## UPDATED 2024 ## Since this blog post was originally written the versions of ODMS (new name for DSS Player Pro) have been update. March 2024 – Olympus Audio change name to OM System. OM System announce new Windows software for dictation and transcription ODMS R8. ODMS = OM System Dictation Management System. If you … read more

Olympus Awarded Six Dragons for Accuracy with NaturallySpeaking by Nuance

The complete range of Olympus Pro digital dictation devices have been bumped up the Dragon speech accuracy ladder by Nuance to achieve the highest possible rating for use with Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Windows, six out of six Dragons. The rating applies to all the handheld dictation devices in the current Olympus line up, which are: … read more

[Mac] Digital Dictation and Transcription Software for Mac – Olympus DSS Player Plus

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