Unscary new technology

How old is your mobile phone? It may sound a strange question, but my guess is that your phone isn’t more than 2 years old. And even if it was more than 2 years old, it would still have modern capability of sending and receiving a text message, perhaps be able to take a picture and maybe even have access to the internet.

Now do you have digital television? That could be either Freeview, Sky or cable TV. In a couple of years’ time we’re told that we will need to be switched over to digital or else we won’t be able to receive any television signals on even the main 5 channels so we’ll have no TV. I’m sure that with the cost of Freeview set top boxes falling at a daily rate that there are not many people out there who don’t yet have digital TV.

We’re constantly having new technology thrust upon us. We don’t always openly embrace the changes unless the benefits are clear cut and immediate. And when it comes to computers, or anything that’s linked to them, those changes are less likely to be embraced as it usually means learning a whole host of new skills.

Most manufacturers and service providers are aware that human beings, for the majority, don’t like change. We’re creatures of habit and we like our comfort zone. That’s why the modern digital TVs still have the same functions as the old analogue type, and mobile phones are, well, basically phones, with other bits and pieces stuck to them. If devices were made complicated, nobody would buy them.

So the same can be said for a new digital dictation device. Philips are still making a digital recorder with the slider control because that’s what people are used to. The main difference in the new technology is how the recordings are transferred to the secretary. Using internet technology means the secretary no longer need be in the same office as the author and a wider choice of people to complete the work is now available.

The digital revolution is well and truly underway. Just as the switch over to digital TV is taking place, the same is true for digital dictation systems. Dictaphone is just one company who are no longer manufacturing tape dictation machines and are choosing to manufacture digital recording devices only.

If you would like to learn more about digital dictation system and discover for yourself the benefits of Document Direct’s service please contact Jayne Smith on 0151 227 9150 or email jayne.smith@documentdirect.co.uk.