Boost Your Productivity: Philips Announces Launch of Dictation and Transcription Software For Mac OS X

Philips Speech Processing announced today the launch of its professional dictation and transcription solution for Mac operating systems. In combination with the DPMConnect4 Mac software, SpeechExec4Mac enables users of the Philips Digital Pocket Memo to download dictations to their company network and play them back on their Mac systems providing a complete workflow from dictation to transcription. SpeechExec4Mac is the only professional dictation application that supports the DSS Pro file format from all IVA (International Voice Association) vendors in a Mac environment.

Philips SpeechExec4Mac (Photo: Business Wire)

“Many companies today follow a Bring Your Own Device policy where end-users decide for themselves which device they use for their daily work. In many cases this will be a MacBook,” explains Thomas Brauner, Managing Director, Philips Speech Processing. ”SpeechExec4Mac will enable Mac users to benefit from professional dictation and transcription; to work quickly and efficiently and to explore the full potential of modern, digital working tools.” An innovative productivity feature is automatic file locking and file routing post-transcription. This avoids transcribing dictations twice inadvertently.

Seamless use in mixed environments

SpeechExec4Mac is an open system, giving users the freedom to choose their individual workflow settings. SpeechExec4Mac shares the licenses with its Windows-based equivalent so that it seamlessly integrates into mixed environments and with other Windows-based SpeechExec applications. The transcription solution supports the Philips foot controls 2310, 2320, 2330 and the Philips hand control 2305. SpeechExec4Mac has been successfully tested with the Mac operating systems Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. For all other listed operating systems, it is recommended that the latest update available is applied before installing SpeechExec4Mac.

From mid June 2012, the application will be available on all SpeechExec DVDs which ship with all Digital Pocket Memo packages with SpeechExec software, SpeechExec software-only products (LFH4400, 4500), SpeechMike Exec (LFH3xx5) and Transcription kits (LFH7x77). Customers who already have a valid SpeechExec 7.x license key may download SpeechExec4Mac from the Philips Speech Processing website. SpeechExec4Mac is currently available in English.

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About Philips Speech Processing

For more than 50 years, Philips Speech Processing has been the driving force in delivering dictation and speech technologies to users around the world. With its headquarters and production center located in Vienna, Austria, Philips Speech Processing is the world leader in professional digital and analogue dictation solutions. From office-based desktop dictation to mobile dictation, from conference recording to entire workflow solutions with the SpeechExec software family, our products support every imaginable scenario. Revolutionary digital dictation products, such as the SpeechMike, the Digital Pocket Memo with Voice Commands, and the Barcode Module are helping professionals to work more efficiently every day, in the easiest possible manner, entirely in keeping with Philips "sense and simplicity" philosophy. For more information, visit: www.philips.com/dictation.

Connect with Philips Speech Processing on:

Twitter @philips_speech: http://www.twitter.com/philips_speech

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/philipsdictation

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/phillips-speech-processing

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE : PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs more than 119,000 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 25.4 billion in 2010, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in flat TV, male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

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