How To: Convert .ds2 .dss Files Using DSS Player Pro Version 7 Plus To AIF For MacSpeech Scribe

Now that MacSpeech Scribe is available, a select few will have the luxury of owning a Professional digital dictaphone like the Olympus DS-3400 or DS-5000. Both these digital voice recorders are certified to be used with MacSpeech Scribe. Both recorders are supplied with DSS Player Version 7 Plus for Mac.

The software can be used to convert audio recorded in .ds2 (DSS Pro) audio format to AIFF ready to load into MacSpeech Scribe. Click here for our main blog site explaining how to do the file conversion.

Spotted - New Olympus DS-3400 In Australia

The latest recorder from Olympus Australia has just arrived in the country with an expected release nationally next week. The DS-3400 fits with the new digital dictaphone image Olympus are adopting, the sleek black and chrome look, this digital voice recorder looks stunning.

News on pricing for the new DS-3400, which seems to be replacing the DS-3300 phased out earlier this year, is not available yet. As soon as it is I will update this post.

The recorder will come with a removeable 1Gb SD card and the DSS Dictation Pro v5 software supporting the new .ds2 (DSS Player Pro) audio format.

Olympus Australia Announce, Kind Of, The DS-3400

Yes it hasn't actually been announced by Olympus Voice Australia more snuk in (sp?), it appeared on their "whats new" page of the website - www.olympusvoice.com.au

This came as a bit of a surprise, I know that the DS-2400 is in the pipeline for Australia but I had not heard anything about the DS-3400. 

It has the same look as the DS-5000, sleek and black and uses the DSS Pro technology to record .ds2 audio files. It will be compatibe with the AS-5000 transcription kit but it is unknown as yet if like the DS-5000 it can be set to classic mode or not.

No official release dates from Olympus and no pricing, so we are all in the dark on this one for the moment. As soon as there is news I will blog it and will update the DS-3400 page on the Dictate Australia website.