MYTH #1

It is very expensive to switch to digital.

TRUTH:

Anyone who has high-speed internet can make the change for no more than the cost of a digital recorder. However, our clients have the advantage of "try before you buy" with our easy, no-commitment plan. We don't believe anyone should purchase a digital recorder (which range in price from $60 to over $500) until you are absolutely certain that you want to switch. Check into our NO-COMMIT DIGITAL TRIAL to see how you can try digital for less than the cost of a haircut.

MYTH #2

We will need our IT support to come in and reconfigure all of the computers.

TRUTH:

There is no need to redesign your current systems. Unless you are still using a Commodore 64, your computer is already capable of handling digital recordings.

MYTH #3

It will take days to relearn and adapt to a new process.

TRUTH:

For recording purposes, digital recorders work in many of the same ways your cassette recorders do. When it comes to getting the dictations to your transcriptionist, if you can "surf the net" then you already know how to do everything it takes to “go digital”.

MYTH #4

There is no advantage in dictating digitally.

TRUTH:

The many advantages of digital over cassette recordings, listed below, will increase cost savings, accuracy, and productivity for you and your transcriptionist.

Superior digital sound quality significantly increases accuracy.

Poor sound quality of tapes means a lot of blanks.

Smart media and PC transfer of digital files means no more lost or broken tapes.

A broken or lost cassette can set you and your transcriptionist back at least 1 full day.

With digital file transfer, your transcriptions will be waiting for you when you get to the office.

When using tapes, a doctor must wait for transcriptionist to drop off and pick up.

Standard digital recorders allow for 4 hours of dictation. Several digital recorders can accommodate up to 80 hours of dictation.

30-minute tapes require flipping and changing of tapes and usually cut off the end of words or sentences.

Priorities can be marked with the touch of a button digitally.

Priority dictations need to be dictated on a separate cassette and cannot be flagged efficiently on the same tape with the regular dictations.

Insert/overwrite capabilities on higher-end digital recorders make it quick and easy to edit.

No ability to edit dictation on tapes without wasting time searching and erasing.

Digital special instruction option gives transcriptionist advance notice of special notations including author, date, time, priority, work type, length, etc., making it easy to find and sort priority jobs.

No advance information available of tape contents.