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 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?

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

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

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