TAM is an inexpensive single line telephone interface used for dictation. Any touch-tone telephone can be used as a dictation input device. Files are captured on a PC and organized by author. The program supports standard record functions including rewind, append and pause. The application runs on a PC with a Windows 98 operating system or newer. TAM includes a small modem-sized hardware device that connects to the PC via an RS232 cable and to an analog telephone port via an RJ11 jack.

 

Keypad button presses include:

1. Record (including overwrite and append)
2. Pause/Resume
3. Play
4. Rewind, 1 press for six seconds, 2 for 20 sec., 3 for beginning of file.
5. Insert
6. Fast Forward, 1 press for six seconds, 2 for 20 sec., 3 for end of file.
7. Play previous file
8. +1 Set Priority
    +2 Assign Patient Number
    +3 Set Work Type
9. Play next file
*. Menu
0 Delete File
# End

When an author calls the system he is prompted for a user ID and optionally for a password. Up to 50 authors may be defined. Completed files will be archived. Management access security is optional. Files can be organized into author subfolders.

Optionally, TAM integrates into the Audacity Audio LAM (Local Audacity Manager) and/or RAM (Remote Audacity Manager) application for increased functionality. LAM can be used to encrypt and compress the files and either e-mail them to a remote site or FTP them to a server. RAM automatically retrieves the files from the FTP site decompress and decrypt them, and prepares them for the transcriptionist. LAM and RAM also preserve the Customized Field(s) information.

TAM is also compatible with the Audacity Transcriber.