Olympus Unveils DS-7000 Voice Recorder

I just returned from traveling earlier this week to the cold and snowy hills of northeast Pennsylvania, where I was greeted Monday morning with a wind chill of below zero. While the temperature left something to be desired, the trip did not.

The reason was the official unveiling of the new Olympus DS-7000 Digital Voice Recorder. I joined top dealers from across the country at the Olympus America headquarters near Allentown to spend the day oohing and aahing over the latest professional-grade dictation recorder from Olympus.

I have to be honest here: after admiring the sophistication, ergonomics and advanced security features of the Philips 8000 for the past year, I was a bit afraid that Olympus might not overwhelm me.

I was mistaken. The DS-7000 shows that Olympus engineers - both in Japan and in the US - listened to our input and suggestions, and delivered on a product that makes all the improvements we've hoped for... and then some.We have more information about the specifications of the DS-7000 on a special page on our Web site.

The Olympus DS-7000 is for those who do have very demanding dictation needs, and particularly those whose dictation is sensitive.

Olympus DS-5000 Has Arrived!

The long-awaited Olympus DS-5000 and DS-5000iD have now arrived in our distribution centers and are being shipped out now.

And, boy, are they cool!

After filling all the pre-orders, we still have a good amount of inventory. Unlike previous new product launches, we were sent a good initial supply of recorders.

We also have new pages on our Web site with downloadable brochures, specifications and other information.

To commemorate this arrival, we are including free aluminum cases with these recorders (while supplies last) and shipping them via Next Day at no additional cost. We're anxious to get these into the hands of professionals.

The new AS-5000 Transcription Kit is due out in a week or two. We'll let everyone know when that becomes available, as well.