DS-9600 Professional Digital Voice Recorder
Slide-switch dictation, intelligent dual microphones and Bluetooth 5.0 — with dictations that travel straight from the recorder to ODMS Cloud through the mobile app.
Dictation software is required — ODMS Cloud or ODMS R8 is chosen with the recorder.
What you get
A slide-switch professional recorder, the CR22 docking station and the Li-110B battery. Add the dictation software that matches how your team works.
Required — the recorder needs one of these to deliver files.
Select ODMS Cloud or ODMS R8 to continue.
CR22 docking station and Li-110B battery included
Seven reasons it earns its place
Slide-switch dictation you already know
The optical slide switch keeps the familiar record, stop and play motion while cutting the risk of mechanical wear.
Intelligent two-microphone system
Two omnidirectional microphones read sound direction, so dictation stays focused in a noisy room and meetings record in stereo.
Real-time speech recognition
Dictate and watch editable text appear in the ODMS Cloud mobile app — the recorder works as both microphone and remote control.
Bluetooth 5.0 file transfer
Send dictations from the recorder to the mobile app by Bluetooth; files upload to ODMS Cloud and are cleared from the device.
4 GB on board, SD to 512 GB
Plenty of room for long days of dictation, with 5 folders, 1 Author ID and 20 worktypes organised from the start.
Encrypted by default
128/256-bit AES encryption in real time, plus a 4-digit PIN lock for the device itself. 256-bit needs DSS Pro format.
Made for daily professional use
Drop-tested to 1.5 m, resistant to alcohol wipes, and powered by the Li-110B battery through the included CR22 dock.
How it works in practice
Two microphones that know where your voice is
The intelligent two-microphone system compares phase differences between two omnidirectional capsules to work out where sound is coming from.
- Dictation 1 — omnidirectional recording for a quiet room, so the recorder can sit where it is comfortable
- Dictation 2 — highly directional recording with noise cancellation for busy rooms
- Conference — stereo recording for meetings
- Low-noise capsules on a shock absorber to cut handling noise
Watch the text appear as you dictate
Pair the DS-9600 with the ODMS Cloud mobile app and it becomes your Bluetooth microphone and remote control. Your words show up as editable text on your phone while you speak.
Slide to REC
Move the slide switch to record and speech recognition starts instantly in the mobile app.
Watch it type
Your words appear on the phone as you speak, so you can check them as you go.
Edit from the recorder
Use the slide switch to move the cursor, select text and overwrite it without touching the phone.
Real-time speech recognition needs an ODMS Cloud Speech Recognition License. It creates text only, with no audio file.
Dictations leave the recorder by themselves
No cable and no trip back to the office. Send recordings from the DS-9600 to ODMS Cloud through your phone.
Connect
The DS-9600 links to the ODMS Cloud mobile app over Bluetooth 5.0. The screen shows "ODMS Cloud Connected".
Select and send
Choose the dictations on the recorder. They copy to the app and queue for upload.
Upload
Files go straight into your ODMS Cloud workflow and to your transcriptionist.
After transfer, files are removed from the recorder so nothing is sent twice. Backup copies stay in the mobile app.
From speech to finished document
- Recognized text saves as a file and uploads from the mobile app to ODMS Cloud.
- ODMS Cloud creates a task and routes it to a transcriptionist automatically.
- The author has already checked the text, so the transcriptionist pastes it into the right template and closes the task.
- Text files show in green in the app and in ODMS Cloud, so they're easy to spot.
Protection for everyday professional use
The DS-9600 helps keep patient and client dictations safe, even if the recorder is lost.
Protection
128/256-bit AES encryption
Dictations are encrypted in real time and open only with the correct password. 256-bit encryption is supported in DSS Pro format.
Device PIN lock
A 4-digit PIN keeps the recorder private if it's left on a desk or lost.
Built for daily use
Reliable, durable slide switch
An optical slide switch cuts the risk of mechanical failure and keeps the familiar feel.
Impact resistant
Drop-tested from up to 1.5 m (about 5 ft).
Alcohol-wipe resistant
Clean safely with ethanol (76.9–81.4 v/v%) or isopropanol (70 v/v%) disinfectant wipes.
The CR22 dock comes in the box
Charge, transfer and dictate hands-free without buying a cradle separately. Existing CR21 and CR22 cradles keep working too.
- USB Type-C to the PC, DC 5V charging, foot switch connector
- RS-27N, RS-28N or RS-31N pedals for hands-free dictation
- CR21/CR22 charge and transfer for DS-9600, DS-9100 and DS-9500
- No LAN port on the CR22
Li-110B battery, changed in seconds
The battery cover releases with a pen tip and slides off, so a spare pack can be swapped between dictations.
- Li-110B lithium-ion, 3.87 V, 1285 mAh, 4.98 Wh
- Release latch under the battery cover pin
- Li-110B only — the DS-9100 uses Li-92B and they are not interchangeable
ODMS Cloud or ODMS R8?
Same recorder — different way of moving dictation through the practice.
The DS-9600 works with both workflows. Pick one before checkout — the recorder needs dictation software to deliver files.
| ODMS Cloud | ODMS R8 | |
|---|---|---|
| How you work | Browser, desktop app and mobile app — anywhere with internet | Windows software installed on a practice computer |
| Licensing | 12-month subscription per user | Perpetual Dictation/Transcription Module license |
| Getting files off the recorder | Bluetooth to the mobile app, then straight to the cloud | USB through the CR22 dock to the workstation |
| Speech recognition | Optional ODMS Cloud Speech Recognition license | Dictate into Dragon or Fluency Direct at the cursor |
| Foot pedal | RS-31N / RS-28N / RS-27N with a transcription license | Transcription Module only (Dictation Module has no pedal support) |
| Updates | Delivered with the service | Installed on each workstation |
| Best for | Teams split across sites, mobile dictation | Single-site practices with a fixed transcription desk |
DS-9600 specifications
Everything the recorder ships with, as published by OM SYSTEM.
| Software support | ODMS R8 v8.1.0 · ODMS Cloud Desktop App v3.0.0 · ODMS Cloud Mobile App v3.0 · OM Audio SDK v2.1.0 |
|---|---|
| Connectivity | Bluetooth v5.0 · USB Type-C through the CR22 dock |
| File formats | DSS · PCM · MP3 (DSS Pro for 256-bit encryption) |
| Internal memory | 4 GB |
| Removable memory | SD / SDHC / SDXC cards, 2 GB to 512 GB |
| Folders and IDs | 5 folders enabled by default · 1 Author ID · 20 worktypes |
| Microphones | Intelligent two-microphone system (dual omnidirectional, shock-absorbed) |
| Recording modes | Dictation 1 (quiet room, flexible placement) · Dictation 2 (noisy room, classic dictation position) · Conference (stereo) |
| Encryption | 128/256-bit AES real-time encryption with password access |
| Device security | 4-digit PIN lock |
| Durability | Drop-tested to 1.5 m · alcohol-wipe resistant (ethanol 76.9–81.4 v/v%, isopropanol 70 v/v%) |
| Battery | Li-110B lithium-ion, 3.87 V, 1285 mAh, 4.98 Wh |
| Docking station | CR22 included — USB Type-C, DC 5V charge, foot switch connector (no LAN port) |
| Foot switches | RS-27N, RS-28N, RS-31N (optional) |
Compatibility
- · ODMS Cloud (Desktop App v3.0.0 and Mobile App v3.0) — required add-on
- · ODMS R8 v8.1.0 Dictation / Transcription Module — required add-on
- · CR22 docking station (included) and CR21/CR22 cradles from DS-9100 / DS-9500 / DS-2700
- · RS-27N, RS-28N and RS-31N USB foot switches
- · Li-110B battery only — the DS-9100 uses Li-92B and the two are not interchangeable
- · AS-9100 and AS-2700 transcription kits
DS-9600 questions
Ready to move dictation off the desk?
Start with the ODMS Cloud trial, or ask us to arrange a hardware trial and we will confirm stock with you.