 "Everything I wanted in a transcriber" | 2009-04-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2XXQB1JS3LZ4R |
| I'm new to transcription, but I've used 3 different types of equipment so far. This is by far my favorite. It's so easy to use! My last job was an oral history where the sound quality was only fair. I was able to clean up the background noise and slow the rate of speech (he was a VERY fast talker). I haven't used so many of the features yet! I'm looking forward to all that I can do to make this job easier using this equipment. I whole-heartedly recommend it. |
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| "Excellent Product" | 2009-03-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A11T6WUGF49E3G |
| This product is very easy to use and works great for my home transcription business. |
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 "Good product but need more help from their technicians." | 2008-12-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1C17VCNWFIDTB |
| This initially installed correctly but then froze my PC. When I restarted, the transcription software failed and showed a dialogue box in Chinese! I called the help phone# twice and was twice told to uninstall and reinstall. It will not uninstall and I am unable to use it in my PC. It also seems to have frozen some aspects of my PC such as system restore. I was told I would receive a call back on the next business day but have never received a call. Meanwhile I installed it on my son's laptop and it works fine, but I'm concerned that it will stop working in the future. I hope not, because I'm in the middle of a huge oral history transcription project/job, and am relying on it. It is a good product other than the above problem (which is a big one), but if it keeps working on my son's laptop I agree that it makes transcription much easier. |
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| "Works fine but skimpy manual" | 2008-11-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A15WJM69GUDSGR |
Not bad at all. Nice solid construction, works like it should. Setup is simple, but a more detailed manual would not hurt.
One snag in setup process was that you need to use the DSS Player serial number supplied in the box for the pedal to work - software itself is identical to what you probably already have installed, but you'll need to uninstall and then reinstall using new serial number. Very annoying, and documented nowhere.
Also, just to keep you on our toes, the right pedal is rewind, and the left pedal is fast forward. If you're typing in Arabic or Hebrew that might seem commonsensical, but otherwise it's a-backwards. [In the next iteration of the software I imagine the little black square will mean play, the red circle will mean stop and the little black arrow will mean record.]
But again, at the end of the day everything works fine. I'd buy it again. |
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 "Worst transcription pedal ever" | 2008-11-04 |
| - Reviewed By bradyd452 |
While I love my Olympus digital recorder, and this is the only food pedal I could find that works with its software, this pedal is just horribly designed.
First, the main center part of the pedal for "play" is not big enough--it is barely as wide as my (mens' size 6) shoe--so every time you lift your foot to hit rewind, if you don't put it back RIGHT on the center, you will hit rewind or FF again by mistake. BIG PROBLEM--this is the very core of what the pedal is for! I find I have to keep scooting back and looking down at my shoe to see where it is on the pedel.
The only solution to this is to take off your shoe and only use the pedal with your sock, so you can feel the ridges of where the play pedel ends and the raised rewind and FF foot buttons being.
The second problem that blows my mind is the rewind is on the RIGHT and the fast forward is on the LEFT! HUH? Why in the world would they reverse these from their instinctive locations?
Third, the price is just ridiculous. If you think you can buy the pedal alone with a different part/model number you find elsewhere, think again--you must have the CD that comes with this pedal to unlock the foot pedal capability within the Olympus software--without the CD, the software that came with your recorder will not recognize the food pedal.
All that being said, it does work when you take off your shoe, and, it's the only option out there that I could find. |
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| "doesn't / hard to work with all Olympus recorders" | 2008-07-24 |
| - Reviewed By romich5 |
| I bought this for a research team, and the first person to try it out (not me) has had a lot of difficulties getting it to work with the software for the Olympus DS-30 recorder used to download audio files. After consulting with our a/v tech, it seems as if it's not going to work, which is frustrating as the recorder and kit are both made by Olympus. I should note that I haven't experienced this firsthand, but the research assistant working on it is a diligent and competent person. |
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