Does Quikscribe use .wav or a .dss file?
The .wav format is the Windows standard for audio, which can be either uncompressed or compressed. When compressed, they are very small. The .dss (Digital Speech Standard) format is a propriety audio format used by Olympus and they can produce files that are slightly more compressed than .wav files. Note: Both the Quikscribe Recorder and the Quikscribe Player can use .wav or .dss audio files. However the downside with both of these formats is that they can only contain audio content. This is why Quikscribe developed it’s own IAF (Intelligent Audio File) format, which can not only record and edit compressed audio but it can have text attachments, screen shots and other files within it, while maintaining an internal database that keeps track of the files history. Therefore whenever the Quikscribe Recorder or Player imports a .wav or .dss audio file, it converts it to a IAF (Intelligent Audio File), which automatically give the imported file access to advanced transcription features. Note
The .wav format is the Windows standard for audio, which can be either uncompressed or compressed. When compressed, they are very small. The .dss (Digital Speech Standard) format is a propriety audio format used by Olympus and they can produce files that are slightly more compressed than .wav files.
