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.

How To Insert A Spoken Instruction On The DS-5000

The Olympus DS-5000 digital voice recorder continues to be one of our most popular recorders. Like the Philips 9600, it has the ability to attach spoken instructions to a voice file. 

While recording, hold the F1 button on the bottom left of the display screen as you dictate instructions. This will insert a Verbal Comment into the voice file and will be displayed as such when playing back either on the recorder or on your computer.

When you release the F1 button it continues to record on the same voice file. To stop recording simply slide the switch on the side to STOP. 

Spoken instructions are a good way to give a note to your transcriptionist without getting them confused about which is dictation to be transcribed and which is to be heard.

Thanks To All!

During this wonderful season, we at American Dictation feel like spreading the love and taking the time to thank all of the people who help make what we do possible. Each day we help new customers all over the country and we couldn't be happier doing it! We are fortunate to have such a fun and energetic clientele that keeps us on our toes. Thank you! Also, a thank you to our friends at Smoltz Distributing for being the best crew we could ask for. You have always been there for us. We hope you all have a great holiday season.

To anyone reading this, have a happy holidays!