Re: Need digital recorder advice please!

Well Olympus has me completely ticked off right now. All my docs use either
the DS2000s or the DS3000s with a scattering of DS330s for backups. We are
talking 80+ docs and multiple clinics and sites. Everything was going great
until I had to order new handhelds for additional physicians. Olympus has
discontinued those and moved on to DS4000s and DS3300 as their replacements.
Problem is, they each have their own software now and also require new
upload cables as the old ones are not compatible with their older versions.
And they have all gone to external memory rather than internal memory so
whenever you plug in the stupid handhelds and disconnect you get the warning
about removing the external harddrive which is driving the docs nuts and in
turn making me nuts. They took something that worked so smoothly and
complicated it now. You could also sync the handhelds to the computers so
it always had the correct date and time on it. Now you have to program all
of this in manually and you know how that goes on the doc end. WE are
receiving dictations that were dictated before the actual date of the visit
or months prior to the visit. Good lord my head hurts and I dont think
there is enough Bayer in the world to get me through this right now.

Maureen


Maureen

"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:jf-dndhB_rMKt5jeRVn-pg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Any of the Olympic recorders have been good. The price range primarily is
> related to the amount of memory, with the high end ones having removable
> memory if the recorder should fail, or download one and put a second in
> the machine. I have clients with everything from the low end ones,
> refurbished for $40, VN-120 to the 330. My ortho has one that sells for
> about $80, works fine (takes pictures, too). I don't know the model #.
> The cheaper ones give just as good sound as the more expensive ones, and
> even the cheaper ones will do a whole day of dictation for most dictators.
> So far have had no problems with any of them. You can buy them cheaper
> than list over the internet--decide which one you want and shop for the
> best price. I got the $40 Refurbished ones from Heartland.
>
> Barb C.
> "Tallulah" <tallulahbankrupt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1124401067.837202.128200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> The recorder is dead, and they tried to get more of them (they were
>> using a VTR-3200). The only model they can get now is the VR-1000, but
>> she said there was a note it only works with Windows 95...won't work
>> with XP, and I have only XP and Win 2000, so that doesn't sound
>> promising.
>>
>> I remember people talking about Olympus recorders being good - any
>> opinions, model numbers you can share?
>>
>> And the office manager is talking about getting something that will
>> work with "the system." I have no idea what they have on their end,
>> all I know is the office girl is given the recorders, she uploads the
>> voice files to her computer, and puts the voice files on the server for
>> me. I don't think they use anything like docshuttle.
>>
>> I'm afraid to recommend something when she's talking about "the
>> system." And of course, the regular office girl is out, had surgery,
>> won't be back for a while.
>>
>> So we have the blind leading the blind. HELP!
>>
>
>


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Need digital recorder advice please!
    ... > And they have all gone to external memory rather than internal memory so ... > receiving dictations that were dictated before the actual date of the visit ... >> Any of the Olympic recorders have been good. ... >> even the cheaper ones will do a whole day of dictation for most dictators. ...
    (sci.med.transcription)
  • Re: Need digital recorder advice please!
    ... >Well Olympus has me completely ticked off right now. ... >And they have all gone to external memory rather than internal memory so ... >receiving dictations that were dictated before the actual date of the visit ... >> Any of the Olympic recorders have been good. ...
    (sci.med.transcription)
  • Re: High resolution digital recorders
    ... technology but it's just starting to come down to a reasonable price ... and not all flash memory recorders are capable of using 8 ... GB memory cards yet. ...
    (rec.audio.pro)
  • Re: Digital photos for forensic evidence
    ... > I have also spoken to police who have bought digital cameras to carry ... > memory fresh (bearing in mind that it can sometimes be a couple of years ... > voice recorders - in many cases the recorded conversations are ... > inadmissible as evidence, but they help keep the officer's memory of the ...
    (rec.photo.digital)
  • Address book capacity or amount of memory per entry
    ... I am working on a project that would add a shared database of contacts ... to a variety of handhelds. ... capacity seems dependent on the onboard memory. ... Adding a photo is kind of pie in the sky considering that I ...
    (comp.sys.palmtops.pilot)