Introducing the Olympus DS-3400

Since Olympus released their latest pro hand-held digital voice recorder last year, the DS-5000 has become one of the most popular voice recorders used by professionals today. Its comfortable design and highly capable features allow you to manage dictations and even edit them on the device. This is truly the top-of-the-line digital voice recorder available.

However, Olympus recognizes that many people who use digital dictation will not have a need for such robust features, but still want a durable and reliable digital voice recorder. Hence, the DS-3400.
Here are some differences between the DS-3400 and the DS-5000 recorders:

• The DS-3400 has buttons for rec/play/rewind instead of a slide-switch.
• The DS-3400 does not come with a docking cradle, instead you plug the recorder directly into your PC with the USB cable.
• The DS-3400 also does not support a re-chargeable battery pack.
• The DS-3400 comes with a 1GB SD memory card, whereas the DS-5000 comes with a 512MB microSD memory card.

Visit this page at AmericanDictation.com to learn more on how these two recorders differ.

Although some features were not included on the DS-3400 hand-held, the software that comes with the recorder is the same as the DS-5000. The DSS Player Pro will allow you to transfer dictation files via FTP or e-mail, save files to a server and even encrypt voice files for a secure transfer. To learn more about the many features of the Olympus dictation software, click here.
Also, visit the Hand-Held Dictation page of the American Dictation Store to see detailed specifications on these recorders.