BigHand Releases Mobility Suite for Instant Remote Digital Dictation
BigHand released a new Mobility Suite that provides lawyers with a bundle of four instant mobility tools that enable networked digital dictation while out of the office: BlackBerry dictation, EmailGateway, Telephony dictation, and Web client.
The BigHand Mobility Suite allows lawyers to immediately connect to their dictation workflow software in the office regardless of where they may be, or the connection type available, potentially removing the need for users to carry special dictation hardware. The Mobility Suite contains:
• BlackBerry dictation - allows users using BlackBerry operating system 4.2 (or 4.2.1 on the 8700) to record, edit and playback digital dictations on their BlackBerry smartphone and immediately upload them wirelessly into their BigHand3 Server.
•EmailGateway - enables automated submission of audio recordings as email attachments into the digital dictation system from email systems such as Hotmail or Gmail. EmailGateway can also be used with Windows Mobile
•Telephony dictation - each lawyer has a personal number and login that allows him to call in dictations via a fixed line or mobile/cell phone. These voice recordings are automatically routed to the correct assistant and tracked/managed within the workflow management system
•Web client - users can upload voice recordings into the office workflow and review work-in- progress via a normal Internet browser or Windows Mobile.
The solution is already in use at some of the nation’s top law firms, including Lewis Silkin and Bentleys, Stokes & Lowless.
Director of IT at Lewis Silkin, Jan Durant, commented: "We have implemented the BigHand BlackBerry client with a group of our lawyers and found that the productivity enhancement from the instant delivery of dictations back into the office workflow is a major benefit," says Jan Durant, director of information technology at Lewis Silkin.
"We were one of BigHand’s very first digital dictation users back in 2001, and given the benefit that the software has provided the firm over that period we were more than happy to also be an early mover onto BlackBerry Dictation. Our lawyers have found being able to dictate on a BlackBerry extremely valuable, enabling a much faster turnaround on work recorded when out of the office, and the firm is set to realize savings when we no longer have to supply each person with two devices for remote working," adds Victoria Cumming, IT Manager at Bentleys, Stokes & Lowless.
"Mobility is an area we are seeing law firms increasingly focus on, with our voice tools enabling greater connectivity and expediting document production while on the move," says Steve Butterworth, CEO and president of BigHand.