| The overheads of employing permanent staff | | | | provided with the dictation hardware is usually |
| have made many organizations look to | | | | adequate to provide simple and secure transfers |
| outsourcing their typing / transcription. | | | | of dictation to outsourcing organisations. Good |
| The first step, although not essential, is moving to | | | | outsourced typing / transcription companies will |
| digital dictation. Tape machines are replaced with | | | | assist you by ensuring their systems are |
| digital machines rather than recording to tape | | | | compatible with all digital dictation software. |
| record digital files which are then transferred to | | | | Outsourcing is used by numerous organisations |
| your computer for transcription. The cost of | | | | for: |
| which is generally lower than expected (similar | | | | 1. All typing / transcription |
| prices to the tape machines); the machines are | | | | 2. Holiday cover |
| very similar to their tape counterparts and the | | | | 3. Sickness cover |
| software is generally easy to setup and use, | | | | 4. Peak workload cover |
| therefore minimal training is usually required. | | | | In summary outsourcing can be a complete |
| Digital Dictation enables organizations to adopt a | | | | method of transcribing documents for your |
| teamwork system; transcription team members | | | | company, but can also be a backup for sickness, |
| can see how much dictation is remaining un-typed | | | | holiday and peak workloads. The benefits of |
| and assist others. Digital Dictation also enabled | | | | outsourcing have been realized by Solicitors |
| transcription to be easily outsourced to typing and | | | | Practices, Barristers Chambers, Accountancy |
| transcription outsourcing companies, dictation files | | | | Practices, Local and National Government, |
| can be easily transferred over the internet and | | | | Companies, Businesses and Academic Bodies / |
| the typed documents returned. The software | | | | Organizations. |