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Overview
Turn your PC into a high-quality transcriber, using your feet to activate Play/Pause/Step Back, Step Forward, Rewind while using your favorite word processor!

NEW SOFTWARE VERSION 10.5 Start Stop UNIVERSAL Foot Pedal Transcription System with Recording, Conversion, Variable Speed, built-in Job Manager, FTP, Autoplay, Bookmarks, Time Stamping, Auto-Notification, Smart Line Counter, Network Sharing Option and More!

Version 10.5 offers new multi-language support (English, Spanish, and French), support for Philips™ brand USB foot pedal in addition to our industry-standard 3 pedal USB, serial, and Gameport foot pedals, a new, easier, seamless installation experience for all supported operating systems, additional format support including DIVX audio and VoiceAge ACELP. Version 10.5 also introduces automatic upgrades, so your version of Start-Stop will always be the latest!

Features

• Complete Professional Transcription System, including your choice of USB, Serial, or Gameport Interface), Start Stop Universal Transcription System Software, free software upgrades for the life of the product, User's Manual, toll-free telephone tech support and 1 Year Warranty
  
• Our most popular UNIVERSAL transcription "WAVE pedal" for medical transcriptionists, court reporting, attorneys, legal transcription, educational, corporate, and government use.
  
• Transcribe not only .WAV files, but .MP3, .WMA, .CDA and popular non-standard "proprietary" formats: Olympus .DSS, Philips .DSS (SP Mode), Sanyo Digital Recorder, .VOX, TrueSpeechTM .WAV, .DCT, Lanier CquenceTM M³ .DSS, ProCatTM, ADPCM, .VOC, .GSM, Voice-ItTM .SRI, BCB PlayAll ExtraTM, Digital VoiceTM, DVIPS, BVP, Dictaphone Digital ExpressTM, Uher DH-10, Crescendo, Dictaphone WalkaboutTM, Creative .VOC, .Mu-Law, Blackberry .amr & iPhone audio formats, Sun Microsystems, and more!
  
• TRUE separation between left and right channels for playback of Olympus LS-10, DS-30, DS-40 and DS-50 Stereo Conference Recording aids intelligibility when transcribing conference meetings in a noisy room.
  
• Advanced Command-line Integration Features
  
• Available in your choice of USB, Serial, or Gameport interfaces

New Features:

• Ultra-fast loading of WMA and MP3 files even if files are many hours in length.
• TRUE separation between left and right channels for playback of Olympus DS-30, DS-40 and DS-50 Stereo Conference Recording aids intelligibility when transcribing conference meetings in a noisy room.
• Stop-Watch Timer lets you keep track of how long you've worked on each job for billing customers and clients by time.
• Option to View "time-stamp time" for audio clips that are corrected for real time or user-entered time offsets.
• Seamless Installation Experience, with optional .MSI Silent installer version available for IT departments that need to deploy installations automatically.
• Improved support for Windows VISTA(TM) Users (all versions 32bit and 64bit).
• Automatic Upgrades ("True Update" technology) insures your product always stay up to date.
  Now integrates seamlessly with Start Stop Folder Mole Auto Notifier software.
• Powerful new Start Stop Ultra Job Manager
• See at a glance all recordings and dictations that you are transcribing.
• Automatically marks jobs as "done" when completed (option)
• New! Move your jobs that are "done" to a backup directory, located on the local hard drive or network shared folder
  
• New! Sort by any column in the job manager, ascending or descending order
  History maintained on a virtually unlimited number of directories or folders
• System-wide User-Assignable Hot-Keys for each Job Manager function.
• Hot-keys for Back / Next file with "auto-load" capabilities
• Separate Job Manager window
• Preview/Load/Listen with a double-click
• Pop up control of Job Manager
• Full statistics on files: File Name, Path, Length, Time Created, and Job Status
• New Formats: Supports Philips, Grundig, Dictaphone, Sanyo, ProCat(TM), .WMA, .DCT, Evercom and T-Netix Call Monitoring, and CCITT A-Law Stereo
• Support for Restricted Access Users
• New Support for USB, Game port, and Serial Port Pedal types
• Hot-Keys Functionality
• Built-in FTP Client.

Advanced Features

Intuitive Graphic Interface
The Start-Stop UNIVERSAL is designed to be easy-to-use for both advanced and amateur transcriptionists.

Ultra Job Manager
The Ultra Job Manager makes managing dictation easier and more efficient. It allows you to archive finished dictation, queue multiple files for continuous transcription, and tracks the creation date, length, file title, and job status of dictation.

Complete Control
The Start-Stop UNIVERSAL transcription software runs in the background while you play, step back, rewind, pause, or fast forward digital audio files with the foot pedal, mouse, optional Philips hand control, or by using customizable hotkeys.

Built-in FTP Client
The built-in FTP client lets you access and download off-site dictation quickly and easily without having to download an additional program.

Variable Speed Control
Listen to dictation in increments between half-speed and three-times speed with no distortion: the magic of digital meets the versatility of a full function transcription machine.

Ultra Play Technology
Ultra Play Technology allows you to load and start transcribing audio files up to 20 hours in length with minimal pause. Most sound files are loaded lightning quick so you can spend more time working and less time waiting for your equipment to catch up.

SmartLine Counter and StopWatch
The built-in SmartLine keeps track of how many characters and lines you have typed while the StopWatch allows you to bill by job/time.

Automatic Notification
Have Start-Stop UNIVERSAL monitor your incoming dictation folder across LAN or FTP to alert you to new dictation. CUstomizable to show a small popup window on the bottom right of your screen or play a small sound cue.

No extra CODECs required
The Start-Stop UNIVERSAL is compatible with most audio types straight from the box: there's no need to find and download dozens CODECs in order to play a wide range of digital audio formats.

Standard Features Include:

• Plays a large variety of standard and non-standard digital audio file formats.
• Record from any audio source connected to your PCTMs sound card.
• Ability to Record, Play, Pause, Stop, Fast Forward, Rewind, Step Forward, and more...
• Recordings made with the SSTS can be played on any Windows supported machine.
• Ability to automatically SAVE AS TRUESPEECHTM with an amazing 15:1 compression.
• Ability to automatically "SAVE AS MP3"
• Ability to email files as small audio files when compressed TrueSpeech TM.
• Now available for use with USB, Serial, or Game Port foot pedals. Works the following Foot pedal models:

1. INUSB-2
2. INDB9
3. INBMG

Supported Formats
Digital Recorders
Olympus™ .DSS-capable Recorders
Philips Digital Recorders and Speechmikes
Philips Speech Mike (CELP)
Sanyo Digital Recorders
Grundig
Dictaphone™ Walkabout Tour™ Digital Recorder
Lanier Cquence™ M3 Mobile Digital Recorders (.DSS format)
Voice-It™ Mobile Digital Recorders .SRI Format
UHER Digital Recorder Truespeech™
All standard .WAV, .MP3, and .WMA
All Standard WAV (approx. 20)
Truespeech™ compressed WAV
GSM .WAV
ADPCM .WAV
.MP3
.WMA up to 44,100 hz CD Quality
Proprietary Formats
VoiceAge ACELP
DIVX Audio
Digital Voice™ call-in systems (e.g. .VOX and .WAV)
Dictaphone™ Digital Express™
Dictaphone Boomerang™ and .AUD files
"PlayAll"™ BCB Truespeech™ with non-standard embedded headers
DVIPS™ (VOX 6KHz sample rate, 4-bit, ADPCM)
Crescendo
Dialogic™ based telephony systems
BVP Computers
Specialty VOX formats, included separate selections for:
"Bitescrybe" 8KHz, PCM Mu-Law
DIVPS™ OKI/Dialogic 6/8 KHz VOX 4-bit ADPCM
HTH Voice Input Station
Start Stop Transport 128-bit HIPAA encrypted files
VOX A-Law formats
DCT (Express Scribe) Format
Nice .AUD
Speex and Speex (OGG)
Speciality Digital Audio Formats
ProCat™
Most popular courtroom audio formats
CCITT Stereo A-Law
Evercom & T-Netix call monitoring formats
Mu-law and A-law (Sun™ Microsystems) non-standard .wav files
"VAC" Value Added Corporation Inmate Call Monitoring System
Creative Sounblaster™ .VOC (Version 1.2)

System Requirements:

Operating Systems Supported:
Windows 7
Windows Vista™
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 98
Memory: 256MB RAM
Processor (CPU): 700 MHz
One of the following connectors (depending on which foot pedal you use):
Standard DB-9 serial port
USB port
Standard Gameport
Playing Audio:
Sound Card: Any
Speakers: Any
Recording Audio:
Audio Input: Line-in or Microphone jack
Recording Source: Microphone or other recording source such as a tape player or other device.

If you plan to use the Universal Transcription System and your PC for recording. Some multimedia laptop PCs have a built-in microphone; others require an external microphone. We have many microphones available in our store. You can use your PC's existing speakers, or one of our fine headsets.

Supplied Accessories

Universal Transcription System Software
Printed User Manual (included with CD not download)
1 Year Warranty
Free Technical Support
Free Software Upgrades
*Optional USB Footpedal
*Optional Headset