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C.T Sales Teambuilding – Theewaterskloof

by Wayne Melleon 5 November 2012in General 3 comments

So with the year rapidly approaching an end we thought it would be a good idea to squeeze in a teambuilding outing for our Cape Town sales team. We decided on Theewaterskloof Country Estate as its close to Cape Town and our MD owns a family vacation home there.

After a traditional Gatsby to welcome our newest member of the sales team we hit the road taking the lovely scenic route through Franschhoek, over the stunning Franschhoek Pass down towards Theewaterkloof. We arrived at the Theewaterskloof Country Estate around 3.30 on Friday afternoon, after unpacking we had a little time to

Comparing the New Olympus DS-2500 to the DS-2400

by Wayne Melleon 30 October 2012in Digital Voice Recorders, Olympus One comment

So with the imminent departure of the Olympus DS-2400 from the South African marketplace i thought it would be a good idea to do a quick comparison with its replacement model, the Olympus DS-2500.

The NEW DS-2500 (as was the case with the DS-2400) will serve as the entry level device in the Professional DS range of devices which includes the DS-3500, DS-5000 and the DS-7000. The DS range is essentially designed for professionals such as Doctors and Attorneys that do a high volume of personal dictating. A prerequisite for this kind of device would be to have the ability to

Reduce Office Costs In 3 Simple Steps

by Wayne Melleon 23 October 2012in Copiers, General, Ideal, Office Stationery, Olivetti, Shredders One comment

With the current state of the economy world wide more and more businesses are looking at different ways to Reduce Office Costs. In this post i will focus on 3 crucial elements of each business and how we as a company can help you Reduce Office Costs. The 3 elements i am talking about are: Printing, Office Stationery and Space Saving.

PRINTING

We all know how important printing is to any company and in todays times organizations are trying their best to cut down on printing to not only Reduce Office Costs but also to help preserve the environment. That having been

The NEW Olympus LS-100

by Wayne Melleon 16 October 2012in Digital Voice Recorders, Olympus 3 comments

Olympus LS-100 Multi-Track Linear PCM Recorder: High performance, mobile multi-track recording

Uncompromising sound quality and all-round portable recording versatility have been the hallmark of all Olympus audio recorders in the renowned LS-range since its inception. Now, the LS-100 tops the lot and provides musicians and broadcasters with a state-of-the-art tool enabling the remarkable convenience of studio-grade, multi-track audio recording just about anywhere. As with its cousins in the LS-family, the new LS-100 delivers ultimate sound recording quality in uncompressed 96kHz/24bit Linear PCM splendour. This extreme audio quality has now been augmented with eight-track recording and the incorporation of overdubbing capabilities to

A good reason to use Olivetti Multifunctional Printers

by Wayne Melleon 15 October 2012in Copiers, Olivetti, Printers, Scanners No comment

Maynards Office Technology are DIRECT IMPORTERS and distributors of Olivetti Multifunctional Printers into RSA. Our pricing is very competitive and our service is direct.

Own in house rentals offered through B E Leasing (Pty) Ltd, subject to approval.

Maynards gives you a SIX YEAR commitment on service and spares – and a five year service guarantee with service agreement. i.e. we promise to keep parts for our Olivetti machines for six years from sale date, should we not be able to supply you either with the spare part or the consumables in that time, through no fault of your own, we have

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.