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(34 customer reviews) 189 of 190 people found the following review helpful
Efficient tool for medical dictation,
June 25, 2003 Stephen Holland (Naperville, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Olympus DS330 Digital Voice Recorder (Office Product)
I am a physician with a subspecialty practice in GI. In this type of practice I dictate my notes so my referring physicians get back timely, legible notes. The Olympus DS-330 has been working very well in this application. The recorder has a solid feel. The buttons are easy to push. The display is very easy to read, even with my presbyopia. The ability to enter each note as a separate file is great for patient transcriptions. There are also 5 folders built in so that you could dictate a different day of the week in a different folder. The ability to insert into the middle of a dictation is also available, something you could never do with a tape. (This is not just talk over the middle of the tape. It is just like you spliced in extra dictation in the middle without losing anything already dictated.)At first I kept the dictations on the handheld until I was sure they were transcribed. The software has an option to delete file after upload. I have been so comfortable with...Read more
93 of 94 people found the following review helpful
Solid Digital Voice Recorder,
April 23, 2003 Roger A. Rubio "The Snapman" (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Olympus DS330 Digital Voice Recorder (Office Product)
I did a lot of research before finally plunking down the cash to buy this recorder, and I'm glad I did my due diligence. The Olympus DS-330 is a very solid digital voice recorder, packing a lot of functionality into a small package (as an aside, Sony does make them smaller, but IMHO, too small gets to be unusable).First the features: Files are recorded in DSS (Digital Speech Standard), but the PC/Mac software allows you to convert files into WAV format. The unit has a Conference/Dictation sensitivity setting for different recording situations. The unit is customizable, so you can change folder names and assign comments to files. You can add indexes to demark key points in files, and you can even set up an alarm to play a certain file at a certain time (which is good for reminding yourself to do something). You can even lock files one at a time to prevent deletion of important information. It has voice activated recording controlled by the volume knob. The LCD display can be...Read more
55 of 57 people found the following review helpful
One small glitch, but otherwise great,
November 28, 2002 Sarah A. Webster "Sarah A." (Detroit, MI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Olympus DS330 Digital Voice Recorder (Office Product)
I am a newspaper reporter for a living and I have been looking for a good/great digital voice recorder. This is the best I've found so far. Like other reviewers, I found that my Dell with Windows XP also had trouble installing the driver. (However, once I figured out what was wrong, the situation was easily corrected by directing the driver search function directly to the software CD that came with the recorder).That said, this recorder and the PC software with this recorder is otherwise FANTASTIC. The sound quality is good. The indexing functions are awesome because you can actually visualize the indexes on sound files on your PC with little red marks. For me, this means I can find the quotable sections of interviews very quickly. A quick read of the directions also helped me find invaluable features, such as noise control.I figure it will be another six months before Olympus comes out with really strong voice recognition software to transcribe all my notes for me. That will...Read more
