This weeks release of Apple’s shiny new operating system OS X Mavericks 10.9 builds on the voice-to-text features that appeared in Mountain Lion (10.8) by adding what is called “Enhanced Dictation“. The key difference between Enhanced Dictation in 10.9 and what was available in 10.8 is that the audio you speak can now be processed … read more
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
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
Australians will likely be familiar with the Jenny Macklin inaudible story in the mainstream press over the last couple of days. Sydney Morning Herald: The great vanishing act: Macklin’s dole comment disappears The Age: Macklin won’t release ‘inaudible’ audio ABC News: Macklin challenged to live on dole for a week For those of you who missed … read more
Nuance recently (14th November, 2012) pushed out the first update to the new version 3 of Dragon Dictate taking it now to minor release version 3.0.1 You should be auto prompted to update to this release on Dragon Dictate start up. If not and you do not have auto check for updates on (turn it … read more
##UPDATE January 2013## ## DSS Player Plus v7.3.3 Released – click here I received a heart warming email from the Olympus Australia Dictation Product Manager yesterday. The email contained the release notes for the next version of Olympus’ Mac digital dictation software called DSS Player Plus v7 expected to be released in early 2013. DSS … read more
Olympus have just rolled out a free update to their Sonority audio software taking it now to version 1.4.1. The update is available for both the Mac and Windows platform and applies to Sonority (free), Sonority Plus and Sonority Plus for Editors : Music editions. The changes included in this update are: For Mac Now … read more