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Welcome to the Maynards Blog

by Wayne Melleon 11 October 2012in General 2 comments

I thought since the blog is now up and running i would post a general welcome to our new followers to give you a brief background of the company and what to expect on this blog.

Ill start off by introducing myself, i have been with The Maynards Group for close to 8 years now. I started off as a general sales consultant in the Olympus Audio Division, i now manage the C.T direct sales division as well as looking after the Marketing for the Olympus brand in S.A. The experience i have gained over the last 8 years has been

The Importance of Minute Taking

by Wayne Melleon 9 October 2012in General, Olympus No comment

In todays business world minute taking has become extremely important. Section 193 of the Companies Act states that there is a statory obligation on every company whether public or private to keep minutes of all proceedings of every meeting of the company. Some more indepth reading on that subject: Corporate Laws

There are a few different ways to take minutes, with a pen and paper or with what has become increasing popular nowadays, the use of ones Ipad or similar tablet PC. Obviosuly those require a constant attention to detail, if something was missed out or captured incorrectly there would be

Transcription Options Explained

by Wayne Melleon 9 October 2012in Olympus, Transcription Kits No comment

In my previous post “What makes up a Digital System? Digital Voice Recorders Explained” i gave a brief overview of Digital Voice Recorders and how to narrow down which model would be better suited for your particular application. In this post i plan to discuss the other half of the story, Transcription Options.

So some of you may be asking yourself, Why Would I Need A Transcription Kit? Well the answer is pretty simple, if you intend on converting your recorded minutes / notes/ letters, ect into typed up text documents then you will more than likely require a Transcription Kit

What makes up a Digital System? Digital Voice Recorders Explained

by Wayne Melleon 8 October 2012in Digital Voice Recorders, Olympus One comment

In my previous post i gave a brief breakdown of what Digital Dictation was as well as some of the benefits it afforded users over the older Analogue System. In this post i plan to outline what makes up a Digital System as we know it today.

Firstly the Digital Voice Recorder (still commonly revered to as a Dictaphone by most people that have used a recording system for a long period of time). One of the biggest differences between the old Analogue Systems and the new Digital Systems is the actual device itself, the Voice Recorder. Old analogue or tape

What is Digital Dictation?

by Wayne Melleon 8 October 2012in Olympus No comment

This post is designed to give you a general background into Digital Dictation, what is Digital Dictation, what are the benefits of Digital Dictation and how do the individual systems work together to form what we know today as a Digital System.

Digital Dictation is essentially the method of recording ones voice via a Digital Voice Recorder. In the past voice recordings where recorded on analogue tape devices commonly known as Dictaphones. There where many different varients of these devices, mainly Standard Cassette, Mini Cassette and Micro Cassettes, the main difference being the size of the actual cassette / tape used.