digital dictation explained > The Benefits At the outset, please note that this site is mainly for digital dictation, rather than digital notetakers. As a general rule, notetakers are under £100, digital dictaphones are over £100. For more on the notetakers go to the hardware page. Here is an outline of some of the benefits you can gain from using digital dictation equipment: Digital dictation systems make the best use of local, national and global network infrastructures. Enhanced recording: • High quality voice recording • Digital devices – small, handy and lightweight • Virtually unlimited recording capacity via memory cards • High compression rate and optimum playback through professional .dss standard • Easy editing, inserting and annotation capabilities • Integrated workflow management Enhanced transcription: • Full transcription management speeds workflow, optimises capacity utilization and reduces cost • Facility to prioritise, ID, time stamp or catalogue dictations • Ability to e-mail dictations from anywhere to everywhere! • Excellent sound quality www.talksendtype.co.uk written by Nick French