OLYMPUS Dictation Reviews

As you can tell by reviews - OLYMPUSDictation is not problematic, but Olympus apparently still thinks it is a good business idea to charge people $300-$500 for a dictation system and then ask users to pay more money to enjoy the convenience of sending a dictation file from OLYMPUSDictation to their own assistant. For anyone purchasing an Olympus dictation recorder / system - OLYMPUSDictation should be free to use. Hopefully, someone at Olympus will realize that a 2 star rating means that most people agree that Olympus dropped the ball on this and said “screw you” to its customers. I’ll stick to the physical recorder for now that doesn’t cost me a anything to send a recording to my own assistant. Philips’ app is doing far better than Olympus In ratings because Philips realizes that customer feedback is important. Olympus sits back and does nothing while it continues to rip off its consumers with OLYMPUSDictation where you, the user, are actually charged by Olympus to send a recording to your own assistant. Wake up, Olympus.

OLYMPUSDictation was always convenient and easy to use. I transcribe and email to my secretary, for whom I paid for expensive Olympus transcription software to transcribe. Now, with no notice, Olympus changed their business model to make the process less efficient, by taking my dictation, uploading to their server, then charging me an additional fee to send the dictation to my secretary. Plus, although a 60 day trial period is given - the emails that showed up to my secretary are nothing but static. Pathetic and definitely not recommended. Charge a one-time fee for OLYMPUSDictation or something, not the privilege of being able to email a file from my phone to my secretary.

I’ve been using OLYMPUSDictation for almost 5 years and until today, I loved it. OLYMPUSDictation will not work on the iPhone XS. It will not recognize the microphone.

Ever since I updated my iPhone to 15.6.1 it will not open or load. Fix it!

Image of app shows you can select but app doesn’t not allow you to record in dss format. Deleted app

The new update will not let me register on my phone. Olympus has NO customer support. I sent an email yesterday and still not reply. Moving on to Philips program. Thanks Olympus, nice knowing you.

Why pay a monthly fee to route dictation through your server? Email worked just fine. Charge a one time fair price for OLYMPUSDictation and I’m good. Olympos now charging significant recurring fees for a minimal product.

I really enjoyed using OLYMPUSDictation and would have paid for it to remain the same but now with this utterly wasteful update I can’t change my recording format or dictation form. Bring back the old app as this is a complete waste!!!!

The concept of this is great - dictate on the go and send to your transcriptions. I even spent $110 for an annual subscription to use OLYMPUSDictation . Unfortunately, OLYMPUSDictation crashes every time I try to open it. Can someone please fix this?

I used to use OLYMPUSDictation only to download from my DS-7000 and upload dictation to our transcription service. OLYMPUSDictation isn’t been updated for the new iOS, so it no longer identifies my Flashair card. OLYMPUSDictation is now completely useless to me. This needs to be fixed, quickly.

I’d rather pay for OLYMPUSDictation then the data migration system they implemented. This use to be the best recorder app now it’s trash because they make you migrate your recording to there server and charge several hundred dollars to maintain account. DO NOT USE they ruined a good app for no reason other than to line their pocket books.

I was looking into this for my boss because he needs a new Dictaphone I thought this might be a better way as he already has an iPhone. However after seeing the reviews I guess will go a different route. Olympus you really need to think about changing your policy on this.

As another reviewer stated, OLYMPUSDictation is fairly deceptive. It does not allow you to record in a format other than m4a and so the files are not usable with Olympus transcription software. To get a useable format you have to get a license to Olympus “ODDS” service which is another $150 bucks if you can even figure out how to get it. Do not waste your money or time on OLYMPUSDictation. It is awful.

The Olympus app recording button no longer works with iOS 12.1. OLYMPUSDictation no longer shows up in privacy>microphone to allow OLYMPUSDictation to use the microphone for recordings. When pressing the button to record it just errors and asks the user to update permissions in privacy to allow OLYMPUSDictation to use the microphone which cannot be completed.

Before it was the microphone. Now I can’t get the dictated files to deliver to my secretary through the “server” when it previously worked like a snap through email. We HAVE and already pay for the Olympus dictation suite at my job, but I can’t even get the dictation there. It worked perfectly with email. I am seriously angry because I don’t want to lose the hour’s worth of work.

Nice dictation app if you want something that WILL NOT work with Olympus ODMS software. After I downloaded OLYMPUSDictation , I tested and liked the way it worked and thought I could avoid buying the $499 Olympus recorder to go with the $349 Olympus transcription software - WRONG. It records in a format not usable by Olympus transcription software. However, I was able to download the Recorder Pro app, and it works perfectly with the $349 Olympus transcription software. With Recorder Pro I can email mp3 files to my secretary for her to type. The Olympus Dictation app is getting deleted after I write this review.

I have used Olympus for dictation with good results for many years,
but recently my phone based Olympic app, which we paid for, lost
several very important and long dictations what are taking me many
hours to recreate, because I have to go back and review documents
and find mark ups. I would definitely recommend not using this
product without understanding this risk.

The company informs me that the phone no longer has the recording
when it is sent, and that if the e-mail sent does not make it to the e-mail
address the recording is gone. So your recordings are only as secure
as the internet system and internet, so good luck.

I recommend using a system where the phone retains the data until
you voluntarily delete it.

I am very disappointing in this apparent flaw, and wish anyone trying
this system the best.

I’ve used OLYMPUSDictation for years and now it’s a mess. Without warning they changed and I’m at a standstill. Must of got greedy

Encryption feature in OLYMPUSDictation provides highly secured dictations

Very good alternative to the recording device, easier to move files. Would be nice if not sent files (first attempt) did not go to the Sent folder, otherwise the user has to make a copy to resend. It takes space and confuses file management.