Quickscribe Player QS-PLY

The Quikscribe Player is currently the worlds most advanced PC based digital transcription solution, with many features, not found in any other product (view detailed comparison chart).The Quikscribe Player can work independently by itself or part of work-group, whereby the multiple typist work from a central typing queue.

Key Features and benefits

• Foot-switch + Hot-keys
• Automatic File Notification
• Ability to import the following audio formats: WAV (Wave), DSS (Digital Speech Standard), IAF (Intelligent Audio File)
• Ability to insert Markers
• Able to paste embedded text and images
• Works with any Windows based word processor
• Files are automatically queued based on priority
• Built-in interactive training
• Ability to add a comment to uncompleted work.

DSS (Digital Speech Standard)

The .dss format is proprietary audio format used by Olympus and Philips range of portable digital voice recorders, which can produced very small (compressed) audio files for transcription.

The major benefit of these portable digital voice recorders is, that you have the freedom of full mobility, which is a feature that the Quikscribe Recorder can NOT offer, as it is PC based. However if used together (hybrid solution) you can have all of the advanced dictation and transcription benefits which Quikscribe offers and a integrated portable recording solution, which Olympus provides.

IAF (Intelligent Audio File)

The IAF format is a proprietary audio format created by Quikscribe Pty Ltd specifically designed for advanced PC based digital dictation and transcription. In addition to producing very small (compressed) audio files, the IAF format has several other advanced features. For example, it is able to insert text attachments, insert pictures and other files within itself. Lastly, it has a small database within every file, that keeps track of the files history for management purposes.

* MP2, MP3 (including files with VBR (variable bitrate))
* VOX (Dialogic ADPCM)
* RAW (PCM, ALAW, ULAW and others)
* G.721, G.723, G.726
* Mobile Voice
* Ogg Vorbis

Note: Whenever an audio file is imported and opened by either the Quikscribe Recorder or Quikscribe Player, they are automatically imported and converted to a IAF (Intelligent Audio File). The reason that this is done, is so the audio file now inherits all of the advanced features associated with the IAF format, such as the ability to embedd text, insert images, files and attachements and be encrypted. It also means that the file can now be fully managed by the Quikscribe Manager as it now has its own metadata within it, which both the Quikscribe Recorder and Quikscribe Player can write to and the Quikscribe Manager can interrogate.