Dss Player Pro Dictation Module

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Buythis if you require the dictation module on a second PC to use with your compatible dictaphone. Or if you have been using a dictation module trial licence and need a full licence. Or you are upgrading from ODMS R6 or DSS Player Pro R5 Dictation Module. OM System part AS-R801.

Only buy this if you own an ODMS R7 DM licence key which starts with the characters RD7. ODMS R7 DM must be installed prior to the upgrade. Contact us if you are not sure and need some advice. OM System part AS-R803.

Congratulations, you finally went out and splurged on the latest and greatest Windows PC or Mac, maybe as an upgrade or maybe because your last machine ceased to be and could no longer keep up with the pressure of daily use. During the long winded transfer of software and restore of data from one to the other you have got stuck on your Olympus software, dictation module or transcription module on Windows, DSS Player Plus if you are on a Mac.

Your software licence is unique to you and only you know the licence key that came with your Olympus transcription kit or digital dictaphone. Olympus do not store or link individual licences to purchases, neither do the resellers. It is therefore very important to keep a copy of your software licence key which is on a square piece of green paper the size of a CD cover. Apologies for the poor quality image of the licence certificate below. Note that the certificate shows the serial numbers for both Windows at the top (RT51 number in this example) and Mac at the bottom (8260 number in this example).

You can also find your licence key through the Olympus software itself. For ODMS R6 (Olympus Dictation Management System) or DSS Player Pro R5, dictation or transcription module, simply click Help then About Dictation Module or About Transcription Module and your software licence key will be displayed as per below:

The software CD for the transcription module and the dictation module, both DSS Player Pro and ODMS, look exactly the same. You licence key itself defines which module you install so by looking at the CD you can not tell, in fact the CD can install either the dictation module or the transcription module depending on what licence key you enter. From your licence key you can tell which software you have, the second letter is D for dictation module and T for transcription module. The third character which is a number defines your version so 5 is DSS Player Pro R5 and 6 is ODMS R6.

** Both R5 and R6 are now out of support and end-of-life, the latest supported version is ODMS R7. You can upgrade to R7 from both DSS Player Pro R5 or ODMS R6, it is a paid upgrade but will bring you back in support and you can continue to receive updates for the current release. R5 is not Windows 10 compatible, R7 is. Details on our website ( click here ) or email us if you need some help making send of what licences you have.

On a Mac, the Olympus software is called DSS Player Plus and is the same software regardless of whether it came with a digital voice recorder or transcription kit. There is no concept of a separate transcription or dictation module (yet). Similar to Windows, by selecting DSS Player then About DSS Player will show your licence key number along with your current version of the software.

The software supplied with the digital voice recorders, dictaphones and transcription kits is a single install licence. This means it can only be installed and used on one computer, PC or Mac, only. By installing the software and using the same licence key on multiple computers is a breach of licensing and you will be pinged, meaning you will be locked out of the software. So when transferring software from one computer to another you should bear this in mind. It is recommended that you follow these steps:

In this case, the details above showing how to find your licence key will help you unless of course your computer had died and can no longer be booted to access the licence key from the software. Unfortunately the only way out of this is to buy a new licence key from your favourite Olympus Pro reseller, hopefully us The Dictate Group. Some of the part numbers you will need are:

Mac users : as the software for transcription and dictation is the same on Mac then you should buy the AS-9001 and save yourself some money. AS-9001 will work with your transcription foot pedal (RS-28 or RS-31) on your Mac.

I have an Olympus Digital Voice Recorder WS-832 that I was hoping to use with an RS26 foot switch (from AS-400 PC Transcription Kit). I have upgraded my computer to a Macbook Pro (currently running OS X Yosemite 10.10.3). Is it possible to use this foot pedal with this system?

Unfortunately no, support for the RS-26 was dropped some time ago by Olympus in their more recent versions of their transcription software. Also, to use an Olympus pedal you must have a licenced version of their software which is current DSS Player Plus v7 for Mac or ODMS R6 Transcription Module for Windows. Both these applications will only function with the RS-28 or RS-31 USB foot pedals.

Hi I have Dss Player Pro, the Cd & License. The issue is the old computer has crashed & will not boot to allow us to uninstall the Dss from the old computer. Therefore it appears the license is registered to the old computer. Are you able to assist with a solution to this issue?

You should be fine to install the software on another PC and re-use your serial number. Issues arise when you run the software using the same licence key at the same time, as your old PC is unable to start you will still be running just the one instance of the installed licence.

Thank you for your comment. Your issue is caused by the same licence key being used on more than one computer. The Olympus software is a single install licence so you need a unique licence key/serial number for each install.

For DSS Player Pro your licence key will start either RT5xx (for transcription module) or RD5xx (for dictation module). As you will see from this post you can tell what licence key is being used by selecting Help then About. You will need to either buy a new licence key to the second install or locate your second licence key if you had already bought one, the licences come on a green square piece of paper.

Please note that DSS Player Pro is no longer supported or available for purchase from Olympus. You will need version 6 of their software which is now called ODMS rather than DSS Player Pro. ODMS stands for Olympus Dictation Management System.

I have a DS 3300. I want to transfer files onto my PC and then use Dragon to transcribe the files. I have the serial number originally supplied with the recorder which was DSS Player Pro Release 4.8. The computer I have now runs Windows 7 64bit. It is incompatible with Player Pro Release 4.0.8 . I read that Release 5.0.8 is compatible with Windows 7 64bit. Olympus australia directed me a site where I could download Release 5. But trying to install this I am told that the serial number is illegal. I wondered if there is anything I can do other than purchase ODMS AF7001 software or buy a new dictaphone. Grateful for any advice on this

Yes it is a bit of an odd one. To use the upgrade (AS-7003 for dictation module and AS-7004 for transcription module) you do need to have DSS Player Pro R5 installed first. This tends to be a bit of a concern for some as DSS Player Pro R5 is not Windows 10 compatible. But it will install, is just not supported and will give unpredictable results.

So in your situation you should installed R5 with your RT5xx key. Then install the ODMS R6 upgrade with your RT6xx key and all should be fine. Make sure you do not run your old PC and your new PC at the same time on the network with the Olympus software running else one will be locked out for licence breach, these are single install licences.

I bought the upgrade, but every time I try to reinstall my dictation module disk with the license that I bought, it states that I have an illegal license. I have actually bought 3 of these for 3 machines!

You will then need to ensure that the original software is installed using the correct installer. For each version of ODMS is a different installer, if you have an original DSS Player R5 you will need the R5 installer; if you have an original ODMS R6 you will need the ODMS R6 installer. The ODMS R7 upgrade licence requires the ODMS R7 installer.

1. Ensure your original licence key is used to install the original software using the correct installer (R5 or R6 depending on your original licence key).

2. Use the ODMS R7 installer ( latest is available here ) with your ODMS R7 upgrade licence key.

Please note, step 1. R5 and R6 are not compatible with Windows 10, so you must install using the correct installer and original licence key but do not run the software once installed.

Easily monitor and manage the workflow between authors and transcriptionists. Recordings and the resulting written documents are automatically routed to the appropriate person for quicker turnaround times.

Worklists help both authors and transcriptionists monitor their work statuses. They save time used for unnecessary status update communication between parties. Files can be organized into sub folders, assigned specific properties and comments and marked as urgent to help organize and prioritize tasks.

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