This also allows the secretary staff to be utilized more efficiently and avoids a “feast or famine” situation whereby all the jobs come through at once.ĭictation apps and voice recorders ensure the security of your files whilst in transit thanks to encryption.
This process equals a quicker turnaround time and service. The secretary can then begin immediately rather than waiting.
With this new method, the doctor can send the recording immediately. Prior to the existence of digital dictation, a doctor may not have been able to return the tape to the surgery for typing for a day or two.Īs a result, the composing of the patient letter is delayed and the quality of the service lowered. The server will then notify the secretaries’ that a new job is available for them to type up the audio into a tangible document.Īs you can imagine, the ability to send the file via internet connection saves a lot of time. The complete audio will then be sent via the internet, over a network connection, to the server. This guarantees that crackling tapes with awful quality are a thing of the past. Philips and Olympus offer dictation hardware and software solutions including SpeechExec Pro, SpeechLive and ODMS.Īdditionally, Winscribe provides a digital dictation software solution which is compatible with both Philips and Olympus products.Īuthors can now speak directly into their voice recorder which has a studio-quality microphone. Thanks to new voice recorders, such as the Philips Pocket Memo, Olympus DS-9500 or DS9000, dictation is much easier.