Quickscribe Recorder License and Software QS-REC

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The Quikscribe Recorder is the world's most advanced digital dictation system with many advanced features not found in any other product.
Using the Quikscribe Recorder Hand Control, you can insert, overwrite, stop, play, rewind, and fast forward. Plus, you can insert text attachments, and screen shots, and instantly undo / redo dictation edits, while working seamlessly behind other Windows applications.

Key features and benefits

• Instantly undo or redo audio edits
• Record using voice activation
• Record in Insert or Overwrite mode
• Record virtually unlimited file duration
• Cut & past text or case citations
• Insert screen shots or pictures
• Attach associated files or documents
• Record and compress at the same time
• Provide better "Risk Management"
• Automatic redundancy and house keeping
• Seamlessly integrates with Philips SpeechMike and professional digital recorders
• Automatic file management
• Remote dictation abilities with e-mail and FTP
• Automatically captures all billable hours
• Import both .dss and .wav files
• Come with built-in interactive multimedia training
• Create Computer Based Training content
• Eliminates ongoing cost (tapes & batteries)
• Increased office productivity for author and typist

Instantly Undo and Redo audio edits

The Quikscribe Recorder uses a non-destructive recording method, which means it is possible to instantly Undo and Redo audio edits. Instead of rewinding, pressing play, and then cueing up your previous position, simply press Undo and your last audio edit will be instantly removed, returning you directly to the spot you left off.

If you ever accidentally record over a section, you can recover your original digital dictation audio by simply pressing Undo. Conversely if you want to replace an audio edit you have just deleted with the Undo feature, you can simply press Redo.

Note: The Undo and Redo feature works using the Hand Control buttons, the Undo and Redo Icons on the QS Recorder interface, and with also the keyboard (CTRL Z and CTRL Y). It works in both Insert or Overwrite mode. It even works if the file has been closed then reopened.

Five (5) different recording modes + Voice Activation capabilities

1) Dictation Mode
This is the default recording mode. Simply depress the RECORD button on the Quikscribe Hand Control and you are on your way. Release the button, and recording stops. Note: When the file is sent for transcription, the date and time the file is due to be completed is added to the filename as a prefix.

2) Transcription Training Mode
This mode is identical to the above Dictation Mode, except when the audio file is finished and sent for transcription, an internal flag is written within the file, preventing the file from be deleted once it is completed. The reason that this is done, is so a teacher can create transcription training content / lessons, which will not become accidentally deleted once completed by students.

3) Computer Based Training Mode
Computer Based Training Mode allows you to display graphics files in a separate window on the desktop, while audio is played in the Quikscribe Player. That makes it possible to record and create web-ready C.B.T. (Computer Based Training) content. Click here to download a 12 page PDF document that explains how to make C.B.T (Computer Based Training) content. Alternatively download and view a sample tutorial ('MailMerge.iaf' or "Calculator.iaf') from our Tutorial page, using the Quikscribe Player. This feature is great for training staff, or creating multi-media presentations for court, or for client education purposes. No other digital dictation software offers such a feature.

4) Presentation Mode
This mode is very similar to the Computer Based Training mode. However, rather than displaying images within a separate Window, images are displayed full screen. This mode is ideal if you want to make dramatic multi-media presentations. The major benefit that Quikscribe offers over Microsoft Power Point is that you can narrate as the images are viewed.

Note: Both the Computer Based Training Mode and Presentation Mode have access to over 100 different types of screen wipes (transitions). Also the Quikscribe Recorder has PNG and JPEG image compression algorithms built in, which allows the Quikscribe Recorder to make very small web-ready training files.

5) Interview Mode
Press the RECORD button once to start recording. Press it again to stop. The major difference with this recording mode, and all the other recording modes, is that once any audio has been recorded, it can never be edited. You can not Overwrite or Insert audio, nor can you Undo and Redo audio edits. You can stop recording, rewind and play, but if you press record again, the Quikscribe Recorder will automatically append the additional audio as a separate track within the same file.

Each time you start or stop recording, a special Interview Marker (that can not be deleted or modified) is inserted within the audio file, detailing the date and time when the started or stopped. Also, in this mode, all new audio files are automatically named with the current date and time.

When the audio file is played within the Quikscribe Player, rather than displaying the percentage (%) completed in the task bar during transcription, it displays the actual time (HH:MM:SS) the file was recorded. Additionally whenever the Quikscribe Player encounters a Interview Marker within the file, it notifies the typist with an audio prompt and copies the current date and time information from within the Interview Marker to the Windows clipboard, where it can be instantly pasted into the current document.

*** NEW *** Voice Activation Mode
With Voice Activation enabled, the Quikscribe Recorder can automatically record audio when you speak, and stop recording when you stop speaking, all without missing a single syllable, the way some digital dictation software will. Quikscribe creates a small buffer (250 milliseconds) in memory, which captures any audio immediately, and begins writing it to the audio file so nothing is missed. If the audio level drops below the pre-set level, it stops recording to disk, and starts recording to the buffer in memory.