When we work with customers to decide on what kind of recorders to buy, we explain that recorders fall into two general categories: dictation and events.
Dictation is for folks like simon described: professionals, generally, who want to record, back up, review, correct, insert, delete, etc., in the recorder to product a final piece for a transcriptionist.
People who want to record meetings, lectures, music, interviews, etc., are looking for an event recorder. When you don't have to have the mechanical and electronic controls for dictation, you can use higher quality recording formats, and keep the price down.
We have people every day calling us to ask why they can't edit their dictation in a VN-4100 PC they bought at Target. That's because for $50, they can't provide the engineering for that.
Additionally, people who aren't dealing with sensitive information are expected to "lay down" money for the DS-5000. But ask a doctor about HIPAA compliance, and he'll be all over the extra security features.
BTW, one technical correction to your review: the DS-5000 does not include a transcription kit. The AS-5000 Transcription Kit will be available soon. The DS-5000 also includes a USB cable and AC Adaptor, as well as the latest Release 5 of the DSS Player Pro software. For anyone serious about dictation and transcription workflow management, the new software is amazing.
You might also be interested to know that this unit is the first to employ USB 3.0, which will soon become a standard.
Of course, the DS-5000 is not available yet - just with pre-orders. It's expected to ship sometime in Late March/ Early April.
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When we work with customers to decide on what kind of recorders to buy, we explain that recorders fall into two general categories: dictation and events.
Dictation is for folks like simon described: professionals, generally, who want to record, back up, review, correct, insert, delete, etc., in the recorder to product a final piece for a transcriptionist.
People who want to record meetings, lectures, music, interviews, etc., are looking for an event recorder. When you don't have to have the mechanical and electronic controls for dictation, you can use higher quality recording formats, and keep the price down.
We have people every day calling us to ask why they can't edit their dictation in a VN-4100 PC they bought at Target. That's because for $50, they can't provide the engineering for that.
Additionally, people who aren't dealing with sensitive information are expected to "lay down" money for the DS-5000. But ask a doctor about HIPAA compliance, and he'll be all over the extra security features.
BTW, one technical correction to your review: the DS-5000 does not include a transcription kit. The AS-5000 Transcription Kit will be available soon. The DS-5000 also includes a USB cable and AC Adaptor, as well as the latest Release 5 of the DSS Player Pro software. For anyone serious about dictation and transcription workflow management, the new software is amazing.
You might also be interested to know that this unit is the first to employ USB 3.0, which will soon become a standard.
Of course, the DS-5000 is not available yet - just with pre-orders. It's expected to ship sometime in Late March/ Early April.