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The NEW Olympus DM-7 – Operated by your voice

by on 17 July 2014in Digital Voice Recorders, General, Olympus No comment

The new Olympus DM-7 has just landed in South Africa and is now available through Maynards Office Technology and our selected V.A.Rs around the country. It takes over from the out going Olympus DM-5 as the range topping meeting machine but it has so much more to offer than that.  As is the case with the DM-901 which we launched earlier this year the new DM-7 is fully integrated with WiFi and can be operated via the same Olympus Audio Controller App available via the App Store (Apple) or the Play Store (Android).

As mentioned above the DM-7 is more than

Olympus Sales Conference – 2014

by on 6 June 2014in General, Olympus 2 comments

This past week the Olympus crew from around the country got together for our annual Sales Conference. This event has now become a regular on our yearly schedule and once again it didn’t disappoint. As was the case last year we were fortunate enough to have Chris Baugh from Olympus Europe and Ian Tolley from Olympus UK attend the event. Their incite into the Olympus brand from a sales and marketing point of view is invaluable to our team and we would like to extend a massive thank you to them for flying half way around the world to be

Africa Health Expo – 2014

by on 5 June 2014in General, Olympus No comment

Olympus Audio SA recently exhibited at the 2014 Africa Health Exhibition at Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Africa Health is one of the biggest medical conventions in Africa and the 2014 exhibition attracted over 450 exhibitors from 35 nations, including 17 different country pavilions from all over the world.

The Olympus Audio stand was well attended throughout the 3 exhibition days. The overall aim was to increase exposure for the Olympus Audio brand within the medical circles and we certainly feel that was extremely successful. We were able to gather a lot of information, leads as well as start up what

Make the most of good connections in business:

by on 5 March 2014in Digital Voice Recorders, General, Olympus No comment

The Olympus DM-901 Voice Recorder with Wi-Fi

Good connections are often the cornerstone of business success. With the new Wi-Fi enabled DM-901 Linear PCM voice recorder, Olympus offers a premium business tool that not only boasts the exceptional sound quality that is a hallmark of all Olympus DM series voice recorders, but also providing effortless smartphone and tablet PC connectivity to give productivity a real boost. The Wi-Fi connection allows users to enjoy the convenience of controlling the DM-901 remotely from a smartphone, letting recordings be started and stopped from afar. It also facilitates a visual index function that lets photos

Bowman Gilfillan Honours Dave Halvorsen

by on 11 December 2013in General, Olympus No comment

Bowman Gilfillan, one of South Africa’s “top 5” law firms yesterday honored Maynards Office Technology’s Dave Halvorsen for over 25 years of exemplary service. Dave’s relationship with Bowman Gilfillan (formerly Findlay & Tait here in Cape Town) spans back to the 1980’s and over that time Dave has pioneered a rock solid relationship between the two companies based primarily on outstanding customer service.

Dave will be retiring from Maynards Office Technology on the 13th of December after 20 years of service to the company, in total over 50 years in the office technology industry. The 20 years at Maynards have certainly

NEW Olympus Smartphone App

by on 18 November 2013in Digital Voice Recorders, General, Olympus No comment

Olympus have recently launched one of the most exciting Digital Recording products of the year, the NEW Olympus Smartphone Application.The smartphone app works in conjunction with ODDS (Olympus Dictation Delivery Service) to afford the user all the workflow functionality one would get from using a professional voice recorder in an office environment.

The app is available on iPhone and Android operated devices and can be downloaded for free from the following app stores:

Once you have downloaded the free app you will have the ability to:

Record, insert and overwrite audio just like you would on a professional voice recorder.
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NEW OLYMPUS RecMic SERIES

by on 23 October 2013in Digital Voice Recorders, Olympus No comment

With the introduction of the new RecMic Series Olympus introduces the next generation of stationary dictation devices. These new devices take Olympus´ already powerful stationary dictation device line-up to the next level with innovative new features and a powerful new software solution providing complete centralized management of the devices. The RecMic name replaces the existing DirectRec brand and will help make speech processing technology a global standard working practice.
 
Outstanding quality combined with even better usability
The RecMic series carries over all the well-known and appreciated features from the DirectRec range, such as a fully customizable user interface, outstanding ergonomics and

Olympus Audio S.A to supply Dragon Voice Recognition Products!!!

by on 4 September 2013in Digital Voice Recorders, General, Olympus No comment

Olympus Audio S.A (a division of Maynards Office Technology) is proud to announce they will now be supplying the full range of Nuance Dragon Voice Recognition Software packages to the public.
For many years Olympus has worked in close partnership with Nuance to enable both software platforms to work seamlessly together. With the latest release of the new ODMS (Olympus Dictation Management System) Software from Olympus the seamless partnership has been taken to a new level.
“Due to the nature of our business and our client base as well as the mutually beneficial nature of both the Olympus and Dragon products

Ideal Shredders – Keeping The Foschini Group ahead of the POPI BILL

by on 28 August 2013in General, Ideal, Shredders No comment

Maynards Office Technology has recently concluded a momentous roll out of IDEAL Shredders to The Foschini Group. In total 417 Ideal shredders were purchased, a combination of the Ideal 2404 , 2260 and 2503 models. The over riding motivation for The Foschini Group to embark on this process was to remain ahead of the soon to be mandated POPI (Protection of Personal Information) BILL.

The Protection of Personal Information Bill  (POPI) has been tabled in Parliament and will soon be signed into law. This Bill seeks to support the right to privacy of personal information of South African citizens and bring