Which Pro Dictation App Has The X Factor – Olympus or Philips

Olympus ODDS iPhone - Philips SpeechLive iPhone

Mobile dictation has been a rapidly growing space over the last couple of years. The ability to dictate at court, on hospital visits or just from home without the hassle of attaching devices to computers and installing expensive additional software justĀ get your audio to your typist all while using a device (smartphone) then generally never … read more

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 ODMS Support for Microsoft O365 & Office 2016 – Patch0009

##UPDATE April 2017## A newer patch has been released for ODMS R6, Patch 0016 .. click this link for details dictat.es/Patch0016 Olympus recently released a patch for their ODMS (Olympus Dictation Management System) software for Microsoft Windows which added support for Microsoft Office 2016 and also fixed a couple of minor issues with Office 365 … 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

[Mac] [Fixed] Issues With Your Transcription Foot Pedal After Upgrading to OS X 10.11 El Capitan ?

Olympus Mac DSS Player Plus v7 OS X 10.11 El Capitan Issue

FIXED WITH UPDATE 7.5.2 MAC OS X 10.11 EL CAPITAN IS SUPPORTED     Download the Olympus DSS Player Plus v7.5.2 Update From Here – http://dictat.es/mac-fixed   Nearly a week into the general release of Apple’s latest and greatest Mac operating system OS X 10.11 code name El Capitan we are starting to hear of … read more

Olympus Dictation App for iPhone & Android Update – v1.20 [ODDS]

Olympus Dictation App ODDS iPhone Android

Olympus have just released an update to their very popular digital dictation app simply titled Olympus Dictation. This takes the app to version v1.20 and brings with it some usablibity improvements namely with the initial login plus the ability to add additional email addresses for audio recipients (transcription typists usually) from the app itself. To … read more

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

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 aĀ Windows PC or aĀ 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?

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