Olympus' new Digital Voice Recorder, the D1000, packaged with IBM's ViaVoice software, creates a whole new category of voice recorder. The D1000 combined with IBM's ViaVoice, and Intel's Flash Memory Miniature Card delivers a powerful solution for the mobile worker.

Users can dictate memos, reports, and other types of correspondences into the Olympus D1000 digital voice recorder where it is stored the Flash Memory Miniature Card. Once the audio is transferred to the PC, IBM's ViaVoice dictation product converts the recorded voice into text that can be edited, formatted and printed, just like any word processor file.

The D1000 will be shipped with a cable, carrying case, a customized version ViaVoice and a 2MB Intel Flash Memory Miniature Card and a PC Adapter Card. The removable miniature card and the Olympus PC Adapter Card (for PCMCIA slots) allows users to easily move audio files to a PC and conveniently share information with co-workers. The cable is for installation and enrollment of a customized version of ViaVoice. An optional Miniature Card Reader/Writer is available for desktop computer users.

User friendly, the D1000 comes loaded with many features including a removable flash memory card, over-write recording, insert recording and LCD information display.

Recording Time - Record in Standard or Long, by setting the REC TIME switch. STANDARD recording is 16 minutes with a 2MB card , 33 minutes with a 4MB card and 1:08 minutes on 8MB card. LONG recording is 34 minutes with a 2MB card , 72 minutes with a 4MB card and 2:28 minutes on 8MB card. If using ViaVoice, you must be recording in the Standard mode. The D1000 comes standard with one 2MB card. Additional 2MB ,4MB and 8MB cards can be purchased for increased storage.

Silent Compression Voice Activation (SCVA) - A unique silence compression algorithm is incorporated dynamically selecting one of two bit-rates, depending upon the incoming speech activity. This new SCVA will allow you to save additional memory space by coding silence at a lower bit rate.

Large LCD Panel for message and operating mode display.

Message editing made easy with three edit features; Over-Write, Insert, and Erase. Digital recording accommodates an Insert Recording feature not possible in analog recording. The Insert Recording feature is comparable to the ability to add text in word-processing software, creating a natural and efficient way to edit voice recordings.

The Erase feature allows you to erase each file, part of a document or the whole card. The Write Protection feature can be used for the entire card or for each file to prevent accidental erasure.

Interface with a PC with a PCMCIA card adapter. Files can be transferred to any laptop or desktop PC which has a PCMCIA slot. Makes e-mailing voice files a reality. An optional Miniature Card Reader/Writer is available for desktop computer users.

Improve Personal Productivity. High accuracy, speech recognition software. You talk naturally, it types!

Type Eyes-free and Hands-free. With ViaVoice, there is no need to stare at the screen or pound away at the keyboard. Just talk, it types! When you're finished with your text, then go back and make corrections.

Dictate into SpeakPad. SpeakPad is ViaVoice's optimized speech recognition word processing environment. From SpeakPad, text may be transferred to any application, on any operating system, which supports the Cut & Paste facility.

Dictate into MS Word. With IBM ViaVoice a user may dictate directly into the Microsoft Word, word processing environment.

Playback Your Dictation. The system offers complete audio playback of a word, sentence or the entire text. This unique feature allows you to make sure that sounds and words match.

Train Incrementally. ViaVoice allows users to train in small, easy steps. Try the first 50 sentences in the enrollment (training) process; it will take less than 30 minutes and will significantly increase your dictation accuracy.

Add Your Own Words. ViaVoice ships with a 22,000 word base vocabulary and the ability for you to add 42,000 of your own words.

Learn Continuously. ViaVoice adapts to you as you adapt to using it. The system continuously learns how you say and use words. If you dictate, correct and update, your dictation accuracy will just keep on getting better and better!