Since the first Macintosh in 1984 until the present, the principals of American Dictation have used Macs in their business. While PC's may still dominate desktops across the USA, we have more and more professionals who call us for help in identifying digital solutions that are Macintosh compatible. (Pssst! We even run XP and Vista on our Macs, but don't tell anyone!)
For digital dictation authors, Olympus is the only brand that provides Mac compatible software with their recorders. Unfortunately, their Mac version is not as feature-rich as their PC version.
While the DSS Player for Mac compares very well with the Olympus DSS Player for PC, against the Olympus DSS Player Pro, the differences are more noticeable.
In the spirit of full disclosure, the following are the more noticeable features not found in the Mac version (Version 7) as compared to the DSS Player Pro Release 5 software:
There are others, but these are the most noticed.
That said, we still feel the DSS Player for Mac is a robust, quality application. In time, Olympus - and perhaps other vendors - will do more to accommodate the growing number of professionals using Apple Macintosh computers.
The following is a list of devices which are Mac-compatible, whether as a result of their included software, or simply as attached devices:
With the latest Intel-based Mac computers, you can run versions of Windows. We do it all the time so we can enjoy the benefits of the PC-based dictation solutions we sell, including Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
All Intel Macs running Leopard (Mac OSX 10.5) or later include Boot Camp, a tool for re-booting your Mac in Windows mode.
For more convenience, we use VMWare Fusion which allows us to run Vista, XP or any other flavor of Windows simultaneously with the Mac OSX. Of course running two or more operating systems can be taxing on your computer. Our advice? Get as much RAM as you can, and you can easily cruise between Mac and Windows.
The following are some of our favorites on-line resources for the Macintosh. If you have others you feel should be included, please let us know.
* Actual price may vary. Contact American Dictation for details, or visit our On-line Store.
† Requires the installation of software capable of playing .WMA files, such as Flip4Mac for QuickTime (available from www.mactopia.com).
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