[MV] question

[Joseph Senecal]

> Hello everyone
>
> Not sure how active this list is, but anyway, I have a small  
> question for
> you all – maybe it's been asked before!

The list isn't very active lately, but there are still people  
listening who might be able to help you.

>
> I'm just getting into ilisten 1.6.3 – bit slow at the moment but I  
> can see
> something useful coming out with repeated use.

I've used all the dictation programs for the Mac at one time or the  
other.
>
> What I want is the ability to be able to take files off of a digital
> dictation machine and feed the files into macspeech. Of course I  
> realise
> this is possible and the machine I'm eyeing at the moment is the  
> Olympus
> DS2, mainly because it's cheap and seems to have everything that's
> necessary.
>
> Anybody have any experience with this route and have any tips/ 
> advice that
> might be useful?

On the other hand, transcription isn't something I've ever done. The  
Olympus DS2 is a supported recorder, which is a good start.

The MacSpeech knowledge base might be able to help you, here's a link  
to one article with links to others:
http://macspeech.crmhelp.net/index.php? 
_a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&_i=8&nav=+%26gt%3B+%3Ca+href%3D% 
27index.php%3F_a%3Dknowledgebase%26_j%3Dsubcat%26_i%3D2%27%3EUsing 
+iListen%3C%2Fa%3E

These articles will let you know the limitations of transcription (so  
you can check in advance if it will do what you want). Other articles  
help you set up voice profiles for various recorders. The DS-2 isn't  
listed, but maybe the info on the DM-1 or DS-330 is applicable.

>
> I look forward to a response and thanks in advance

I hope this helps. Hopefully you'll hear from someone that actually  
used transcription.