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5 Things you should know about going to digital dictation machine equipment:All hand held dictation machines are not all the same. Professional transcription/dictation recorders have very profound advantages over simple digital voice recorders.Push button digital dictation machines are harder to navigate than the professional dictation equipment with thumb slide controls.Olympus and Philips both make low end dictation equipment and pro dictation machines. The differences are huge and require con …

Martel Electronics Sales is Headquarters is in Yorba Linda  Here at Martel, we've been wanting to make the user experience much more friendly for some time now. We offer a ton of products for court reporters, lawyers dictation recorders, medical transcription software and law enforcement, but those products weren't as easily accessible as we had hoped. That's all changed, we've streamlined not just our categories, but also the entire ordering process. Our new  M …

Does the Record speak for itself? You've got to get up to Judges Brown's courtroom and take your notes from the April 1st trial", my supervisor told me. Anxiety built within me as I approached the courtroom, wondering why the request for notes on a case in which the transcription had been prepared and filed. I felt like the star in The Emperors' New Clothes as I entered the courtroom, aware of all the eyes upon me.  "Young lady." began Judge Brown, "seem like you left somethi …

Today's article will focus on the  HIPAA compliant digital dictation equipment for both small practices and large physician groups. A lot has been made recently of the new HIPAA health care law requirements. Doctors are rushing around trying to be compliant. So what does a doctor need in a digital dictation machine to be HIPAA compliant. The first is that the device has to be 256 bit encrypted when transferring the audio files. This encryption ensures that the file cannot …

Today, most law firms are using some type of dictation machine recorder or app.Dictation recorders and software offer great productivity help for legal professionals in small, mid-sized or large law firms, corporate legal departments and courts. Lawyers create many correspondence letter and dictations daily. The movement of dictations from recordings to transcripts often aids lawyers in productivity and cost savings, allowing them to use more billable hours. A lawyer can dictate about eight ti …