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Old IBM Dictation Machine, Dictating, In Leather Case! |  |
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1961 THIS IS THE IBM EXECUTARY DICTATION ORIGINAL PRINT AD | |
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1966 IBM Dictation Equipment Ad - Old-Fashion Secretary | |
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1961 IBM Executary -Dictation Equipment - Print Ad | |
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29H5504 IBM ISA Dictation Voice Adapter | |
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70G8977 IBM MCA Voice Adapter Dictation | |
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Plantronics Foldable USB Stereo Headset (Optimized for Laptop Use) (Audio 470 USB) List Price: $32.39 Sale Price: $49.99  |
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The Plantronics .Audio 470 USB headset combines portability with your choice of analog or USB connection. Outstanding digital sound quality makes Internet calls, music, and DVDs sound even better. A personalized fit, lightweight design, and fingertip controls deliver hours of comfortable use for discerning mobile professionals, whether working or relaxing. |
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VIAVOICE SIMPLY DICTATION (WIN 98SE,ME,XP) List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $29.99 |
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IBM VIAVOICE for Mac OS X USB List Price: $129.99 Sale Price: $139.90 |
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IBM ViaVoice for Mac OS X brings natural continuous speech voice dictation to Apple's highly anticipated Mac OS X. Optimized to work with this cutting-edge UNIX-based operating system IBM ViaVoice for Mac OS X brings a new level of accuracy and ease of use to voice recognition on the Apple Macintosh computer platform. All aspects of Mac OS X including the new Command Center and re-designed Voice Center use the Aqua OS X look and feel. Mac OS X Edition is also optimized for use with G4 and multiprocessors. Support is also available for specialized vocabularies such as legal and medical.Users can dictate correct edit and format text with their natural voice in the IBM ViaVoice speech-enabled word processor SpeakPad. They can also take advantage of the new DSR technology which enables direct dictation into text-fields of Mac applications with correction and editing in SpeakPad.Mac OS X Edition also provides voice command and control of the Internet so users can move back and forth between Web sites. An enhanced Speech Recognition Engine takes advantage of Mac OS X audio features and provides for faster enrollment than previous IBM ViaVoice for Mac products.System Requirements:Mac OS X version 10.1 300 MHz G3 processor or higher* 192 MB RAM (256 RAM recommended) 600 MB of available hard drive space USB port Audio output jack or USB speakers CD-ROM drive or DVD driveFormat: MAC 10.0 OR LATER Genre: PRODUCTIVITY Rating: NR UPC: 780420105355 Manufacturer No: H501A-G00-3.0 |
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Dummies List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $45.70 |
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Free at last! Finally, someone has come along to free you from your keyboard. With Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the miraculous voice-recognition software in your computer, you can browse the Web, control your applications, control your desktop, write documents, and more without ever once laying finger to plastic. But don’t run out and get yourself fitted for that Star Fleet uniform just yet, cadet. Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the most accurate voice recognition software on the market, and while it really does deliver on all its claims, it can be very finicky, and getting top results can be tricky.The complete guide to the care of feeding or your Dragon, Dragon NaturallySpeaking For Dummies is a must-have companion for voice-recognition trailblazers who are ready to:Kiss that keyboard goodbye and say hello to hands-free computingVerbally control your Windows desktop and most applicationsDictate, edit, format and proofread documents in Word and WordPerfectBrowse the Web and compose and send email by voiceUse a pocket digital recorder on the runHere’s all you need to fire up your Dragon and get it dancing to your tune. Your total guide to installing, configuring, fine-tuning and getting the most out of that amazing voice recognition software, Dragon NaturallySpeaking For Dummies covers all the bases, including:Installing, configuring, and launching your DragonDictating, editing, proofreading, and formatting documents in NaturallySpeakingRecording speech onto the NaturallySpeaking recorder and transcribing recorded speechDictating into other applicationsControlling your desktop and windows by voiceUsing NaturalWord for Word and WordPerfectBrowsing the Web, emailing and faxing by voiceManaging databases hands-freeMaximizing voice recognition accuracyHaving multiple users and vocabulariesAdding specialized items and verbal shortcuts to Dragon’s vocabularyWith the introduction of Dragon NaturallySpeaking the old dream of hands-free computing has finally become reality. Now let Dragon NaturallySpeaking For Dummies show you how to give your Dragon wings and make it soar. |
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Wordperfect 6.0 for DOS: IBM PC (Quick Reference Guide) List Price: $15.00 Sale Price: $20.00 |
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From Wikipedia: Alan Ashton and Bruce Bastian founded Satellite Systems International, Inc. of Orem, Utah, which later changed its name to WordPerfect Corporation. Originally written for Data General minicomputers, in 1982 the developers ported the program to the IBM PC as WordPerfect 2.20, continuing the version numbering of the Data General series. ~~~ The program's popularity took off with the introduction of WordPerfect 4.2 in 1986, with automatic paragraph numbering (important to the law office market), and the splitting of a lengthy footnote and its partial overflow to the bottom of the next page, as if it had been professionally typeset (valuable to both the law office and academic markets). WordPerfect 4.2 became the first program to overtake the original market leader (WordStar, the leading word processing program) in a major application category on the DOS platform. ~~~ On 6 November 1989, WordPerfect Corporation released the program's most successful version ever[citation needed], WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS, which was the first version to include Macintosh-style pull-down menus to supplement the traditional function key combinations, as well as support for tables, a spreadsheet-like feature. ~~~ The data format used by WordPerfect 5.1 was, for years, the most portable format in the world[citation needed]. All word processors could read (and convert) that format. Many conferences and magazines insisted that people ship their documents in 5.1 format. Unlike previous DOS versions, WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS could switch between its traditional text-based editing mode and a graphical editing mode that showed the document as it would print out, including fonts and text effects like bold, underline, and italics. The previous text-based versions used different colors or text color inversions to indicate various markups, and (starting with version 5.0) used a graphic mode only for an uneditable print preview that used generic fonts rather than the actual fonts... |
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ScanSoft Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 Preferred [Old Version] List Price: $199.99 Sale Price: $49.95 |
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 Preferred will change the way you think about PCs. You'll be faster, and have more fun, as you create letters, reports, and e-mails -- all by speaking. Just talk, and you can surf the web, open and close applications, even control your mouse and the entire desktop! Be productive when you're on the go -- Import recordings from any ScanSoft-certified handheld device for automatic transcription |
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Once upon a time, every successful manager had a Personal Assistant, so it seemed to me. Back in the 1990s, when I worked for IBM, managers had an air of calm effectiveness about them - making important decisions, achieving goals and spending time with their staff - all without breaking into a sweat. Nowadays, we all seem to be rushing around doing a-million-and-one things, and I'm not sure how much is achieved as a result.
So, what's changed?
If I may, I'd like to stick with the IBM story ... By my recollection, the workplace started to change in the recession of the early '90s. IBM made the biggest corporate loss in history and started shedding staff for the first time to contain costs. All of a sudden cherished PAs were replaced by Secretarial Groups, where a once dedicated PA now provided secretarial support to 4-5 Managers. This was a big deal, but as it turned out, it was just the thin end of the wedge....
Self-Sufficiency Rules, Okay?
Now, with only a part-available Secretary, the effective manager couldn't rely on getting the same service. He had to learn how to do many things that his secretary once did. Technology enabled that - and being an IBMer, there was no excuse not to get stuck-in - and the more you relied on yourself the less you relied on your Secretary.
In the consultancy side of the business, we were full-on self-sufficient and working "in the field" meant we had to be - it was do or die. We even encouraged clients to follow our example ... after all, this was modern management at work.
There was a common belief that this was "more efficient", but in reality the manager had less time for decision-making, achieving goals and tending to staff because they were doing more admin .... is this ringing any bells yet?
So, as time moved on, we became used to our new world. We prided ourselves on being self-sufficient, showed off our newfound IT skills and believed we were part of a "new breed of effective professionals and managers". We worked extra hard and put in long hours - the family inevitably suffered - but we soldiered-on, because there was light at the end of the tunnel.... so we thought.
As it turned out, there was just more toil. We blamed the lack of time on technology - no quiet time, always available, too many interruptions. We went on time management courses to get a grip, learn how to cope with "information overload - the new skill for the Millennium - but the simple fact was, we just needed some help.
I see many small business owners running the same race today. They have the technology, the laptop and Blackberry, trying to do it all themselves. But, they just need some help too.
The Return of the PA
It seems we're coming around full circle. People are starting to realise that being self-sufficient is great in an emergency, but doing your own admin stops you doing the important work like selling and customer-facing work - in short, generating income. I realised this when I met an experienced PA and started receiving some help for the first time a few years ago. I didn't realise how much I needed help until I had it - perhaps this is true for you too?
When you analyse it, people first look for help with handling telephone calls - a real person to take messages whilst you're doing "real work." In reality, always a different person, not understanding your business (or you), just taking messages and not adding value ... these are all reasons why business people are increasingly looking to Personal Assistants again.
The problem is full time PAs are expensive. Salaries, employment costs, office equipment - not to mention management hassle - are off-putting. The solution, at least in part, is technology ... the baddy, turned hero. Fast internet, voice over IP telephony, cheap PCs and printer/scanner/copiers and low cost collaboration mean your PA doesn't have to sit outside your office door anymore!
Looking for a PA today ... try a different lens.
Virtual PAs Have Arrived!
Modern technology allows most of the traditional PA activities to be conducted over the internet. Apart from making refreshments and welcoming guests, practically everything else can be done remotely. And I mean remotely, in fact, from anywhere-to-anywhere in the world at no extra cost.
My PA can do an astonishing array of things "virtually" ... more than I would have imagined:
- Telephone calls ... Dealing with enquiries, taking orders, sorting out problems
- Typing reports ... Digital dictation allows her to use typists all over the world
- Personal help ... Managing my diary, emails, travel, events and expenses
- General admin. ... Post, marketing, research, purchasing... the list goes on.
If you're over-stretched and in need of help, I suggest you consider this new phenomenon of getting yourself a PA, but take a look at the new alternative first - the Virtual PA.
And, if all you really need to employ someone for is tea and handshakes, it's the best argument I've heard for self-sufficiency this Century! You can leave the rest to your virtual PA.
About the Author
Denis Pelych is an E-Business Consultant and Operations Director at Office Lifeline. He helps business to exploit IT and the internet through virtual businesses and services. Office Lifeline is one such virtual office services company that helps business owners and company exceutives improve internal efficiency. Follow my Blog at http://office-lifeline.blogspot.com/ for tips and advice on how to spend less of your precious time and money on admin and other routine business tasks.
To find out how Office Lifeline can help you save time and money via a range of Virtual PA, Office Admin and Call Handling services, call us now on +44 (0)1926 659 120 or visit our website at http://www.office-lifeline.co.uk.
How Things Have Changed!
The Tools of the Trade
When we started our first medical transcription business in 1980, Transcription Specialists, our tools consisted of IBM Selectric typewriters, Dictaphone transcribers and lots of carbon paper. That was as high tech as it got. The carbon paper was used to make copies for us to use to figure out the “line count” when it came time to bill the clients and pay the typists. Twice a month out came a big box of yellow carbons and then begin the job of “figuring” the line count. It was rather haphazard to say the least.
Every day we made the rounds of hospitals and medical offices picking up their tapes and bringing them to our office. Our typists would come to our office every morning to pick up their daily supply of tapes. Later that evening they would return with their typed documents.
By 1986, while operating Medical Dictation Service, we were using a couple Lanier dedicated word processors. They were about the size of small refrigerators. But they did a very good job. We were rather “modern.” Of course there was no “networking” of computers or any Internet searches. In fact, there was no Internet.
At about this time we added a Xerox copy machine and did away with our carbon paper. Now the Lanier word processors were big, but these copy machines were about the size of a compact Mercedes. And talk about expensive leases; they made carbon paper a very fond memory indeed. But, we were truly high tech now! However, we were still figuring line count using the copies we made of the typed document. And we were still making the rounds every day to pick up tapes and deliver typed documents.
By 1994, when we founded Digital Transcription Inc, we were ready to take a true step into high tech technology. No more copy machines, Dictaphones or even Lanier word processors.
True word processing on the desk-top computer was a reality and digital files were here to stay. From this point on, we would no longer pick up tapes and deliver typed documents. We installed a digital dictation call-in system in our office. To use our medical transcription service, one had to dictate using a telephone instead of into a dictation machine. When the dictation was complete, we had the files in hand immediately. Instead of waiting for typists to come to our office to pick up tapes, we put the dictated digital files in the typist’s individual mail box on our FTP computer for immediate downloading. When the work was done the typists uploaded the Word document right back to that FTP computer. We in turn moved the completed files to the client’s mail box on the FTP computer for electronic downloading to the doctor’s office where they printed out the final product.
And since the transcription was in a digital file, a new and utterly accurate method of counting the typed document became available, line counting software.
One of the advantages this system gave us was our ability to hire typists all over the US instead of being limited to a short drive time to our office. In addition, it also allowed us to service clients all over the US as well. The client no longer had to be within a reasonable drive time to our office.
So our favorite tools now are 1) the desk top computer with powerful word processing software–MS Word. 2) The digital dictation system, 2) our FTP server and 3) our line count software
So tell me, what tools have you found to be your favorites in the field of medical transcription?
Digital Transcription Inc
Ralph Bass
ralphebass@digitran.net
www.medicaltranscriptionproblems.com
About the Author
Ralph Bass is an owner of a medical transcription business as well as an author of several books. He and his wife live in Greenville, SC. They have 5 children and 17 grandchildren.
Is anyone aware of a Dictation Software for Linux ?
Specifically i need a software which will convert audio file into text. A free or open source software is preferred. Most systems i found are still in some form of development and only targeted towards developers.
Clarification : I am actually looking for the Speech to text engine and not just a frontend like Xvoice.
IBM via voice is not an option
Thank you
I guess you're familiar with Sphinx4. I agree with you it
is targeted towards developers, but with the Wall Street
Journal acoustic models you should get some results.
Even running viavoice (which I understand is not an
option), your mileage will vary quite a bit without
training the recognizer.
Nuance Wins Big After Risky Voice Bet
The software maker has a raft of standalone voice-recognition applications and a history of timely acquisitions. Is there a buyer that could digest Nuance?
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