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NEW Olympus Smartphone App

by Wayne Melleon 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.
Attach an image to

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NEW OLYMPUS RecMic SERIES

by Wayne Melleon 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

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Olympus DS-7000 / AS-7000 COMBO SPECIAL

by Wayne Melleon 9 September 2013in Digital Voice Recorders, General, Olympus, Transcription Kits No comment

Olympus Audio S.A will be offering this fantastic deal for the month of September on the Olympus DS-7000 / AS-7000 Combo Package, get the full kit for the incredible low price of R 8990.00 Ex. VAT, that’s a massive saving of R1788 over the standard list price!!!

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

by Wayne Melleon 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

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

by Wayne Melleon 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

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Cutting Edge Olympus Tech for Forensic Pathology Services

by Wayne Melleon 15 August 2013in Digital Voice Recorders, General, Olympus No comment

Forensic Pathology Services, a department of local government based at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town have recently upgraded all their existing dictation equipment to the new Olympus DS-7000 recorders and AS-7000 transcription kits. The devices are to be used in conjunction with Olympus Microscopes by the Pathologists to generate their reports.

The move from their existing Olympus DS-3300’s and AS-4000’s stemmed mainly from a compatibility point of view with their new PC infrastructure. Due to the new PC equipment the install was done from scratch meaning no updating from the existing versions of the Olympus software. The 10 DS-7000’s and

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4 Reasons to Use a Digital Recorder Instead of a Smartphone

by Wayne Melleon 4 July 2013in Digital Voice Recorders, Olympus No comment

You can use a smartphone to take a photograph, receive a telephone call, or dictate a letter. A smartphone is a jack-of-all-trades, but master of none if you require a high-quality image, voice transmission, or recording for a client or a colleague. A smartphone function, such as voice recording, will pale in comparison to a dedicated hardware device with firmware designed to record and edit a voice record, such as the Olympus DS-7000 Digital Voice Recorder.

The DS-7000 has been designed to operate solely as a professional voice recorder; the device has been designed from the ground up with one goal

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Olympus DS-5000 + AS-5000 now officially discontinued in S.A

by Wayne Melleon 25 June 2013in Digital Voice Recorders, Olympus, Transcription Kits One comment

Olympus announced towards the end of 2012 that the previous range topping DS-5000 Digital Voice Recorder and the accompanying AS-5000 Transcription Kit were due to be discontinued. Lucky for us and our South African clients we have managed to hang onto stock of those items for a few months longer  but that has now come to an end. Our current stock levels on both the DS-5000 and the AS-5000 are now depleted and hence we announce the discontinuation of both those products in the South African marketplace.

The great news for consumers is that the new and improved replacement models for

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Olympus releases new update for ODMS software – R6.2.0

by Wayne Melleon 19 June 2013in General No comment

Olympus has just released the latest update for their groundbreaking digital dictation software ODMS. This update will take users from R6.1.1 to R.6.2.0.

Official changes in ODMS R6.2.0 are as follows:

RS32 (Hand Controller) is supported.
Direct upgrade from DSSPlayer Pro R4 to ODMS is supported. – DSS Player Pro R4.10.4 is only supported. – Both Standalone system and Workgroup system are supported. – Settings in R4 will automatically migrate to ODMS. – Operating systems supported after upgrade will comply with what ODMS supports. – ODMS license is required.
“Adaptation”, function for voice recognition can be executed on PCs on which Text corrections has

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Olympus partners AfricaClockwise on epic journey around Africa!!

by Wayne Melleon 3 June 2013in General, Olympus 2 comments

Olympus Audio SA is excited to announce they have sponsored Mark Sampson of AfricaClockwise an Olympus LS-100 Digital Voice Recorder and ME-15 tie clip microphone to be used on his epic upcoming journey around Africa. Mark and his family will be traveling around the circumference of the continent from June 2013 to September 2015 in their big green truck, running on used cooking oil and solar power on a mission to see if Africa can show the rest of the world how to deal with climate change.
“Africa Clockwise is also a quest to discover whether it is possible for

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