Australian Dragon NaturallySpeaking Users, Update Available - Standard & Preferred - Version 10.1

Nuance have issued an update to version 10 of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Standard and Preferred editions.

The update is a huge download, just over 1Gb, and now brings support for 64-bit Windows Vista operating systems as well as the usual bug fixes and enhancements.

The upgrade is available free of charge for existing DNS10 licence holders via:

http://www.nuance.com/vista/naturallyspeaking/Dragon10.1/

For the Professional version an upgrade will be available late April 2009.

How To: Update The Philips Digital Voice Tracer DVT Firmware

The latest digital voice tracer notetakers from Philips (DVT models 600, 620, 660, 860 & 880) can be updated via a firmware download on the Philips Dictation website. The firmware updates will address bug fixes and may in the future provide additional functionality to the recorders.

The firmware update is relatively simple on either Windows or Mac.

Review of the Philips 880 Digital Voice Tracer

Philips Australia have recently re-vamped their Digital Voice Tracer range of cheap digital note takers. The top of the line DVT is the 880 which boasts PCM recording to .wav files and high quality recording to MP3. With a wealth of goodies in the box and a lean Australian price tag we take a look as this new recorder from Philips in our review.