Philips or OM System (Olympus)?

In the digital dictation world their are two companies that have led the way for decades, Olympus (now called OM System) and Philips Dictation. Both have pioneered hand held digital dictaphones for the last couple of decades and both now lead the way when it comes to mobile dictation.

One size fits all ..

Whether you are a small business, a solopreneur, have offices or practices interstate or an international enterprise both solutions are designed to scale.

What to look for in a mobile dictation solution

Security

Most of our customers are in the legal or medical space, patient and client dictation is confidential. We support legal firms, hospitals, medical practices and state and federal law courts. Audio should be securely managed by a cloud dictation, transcription and voice recognition solution. Audio should stay in Australia. Look for HIPPA compliance, SOC 2 type II certification and ISO standards. 

• Philips Speechlive Cloud Security Information
• OM System ODMS Cloud Security Information

Ease of Use

Dictation authors are busy, their time is precious. They need a simple solution where they can dictate anytime from anywhere on the one device they carry everywhere, their smartphone.

Dictation Features, Not Just a Voice Recorder

Digital dictation is different from voice recording. Dictation allows dictation authors to stop and start a dictation at anytime. They have the ability to rewind and review audio. If necessary insert or override audio. Voice recorder apps do not allow for this functionality and will only frustrate and waste your dictation authors time.

Practice or Office Manager Control, from Anywhere

Workflows between dictation authors and transcription typists or typing pools should be easy to setup and manage. With the ability to direct audio to the right typists, assure transcription coverage when typists are away and easily on-board and off-board transcriptionists. This is all managed via a web portal, so whether working in the office, from home or while on leave you have full control.

Features to Grow with your Business

Technology is evolving at a rapid pace. You practice may be at the forefront or taking a steady approach. Whatever your situation you need a solution that is ready for you whatever stage you are at, with options that can be enabled at any time you need them: 

• Speech to Text options - for your author or for transcribing important meetings
• Voice Recognition options - for your author on their computer, Windows or Mac
• Automated Transcription - supply your typists dictation audio and a transcript, so all they need to do is proofread and format. Two to three times faster than traditional transcription, reducing your transcription costs and increasing document turnaround time
• Outsourced Transcription Service - for those days when your typists are overwhelmed with work and deadlines are looming. Knowing that a dedicated transcription team is just a mouse click away enables practice and office managers to cope with any situation.
• Integration with other system - solutions with API's to integrate with the system you and your business rely on. E.g. document management solutions like iManage, legal solutions like Lexus Nexus, medical solutions like Genie the list goes one.

• Trusted Partner - working with a company like Dictate Australia who have been supplying and supporting dictation solutions Australia wide for over twenty years.

Free Trial

It is important to try before you buy when it comes to cloud dictation solutions. Both Philips and OM System allow us to set your business up on a free trial so that you can test and use the solutions. This is important to make you comfortable with the way the solutions work and we are here to help and assist through the process.

* ODMS Cloud can only be used with specific Olympus and OM System dictaphones.

** Philips SpeechExec Pro Transcribe is a paid add-on. ODMS Desktop is free.

For free advice on what solution would best fit your business please contact us.