Crescendo News Center

2008

November 30, 2008
Crescendo Systems revolutionizes radiology dictation with Centro
Launching at RSNA, Crescendo’s new speech recognition workflow solution, Centro, allows radiologists to access patients’ files and dictate using an easy and intuitive interface.

November 17, 2008
New Hand Control accessory for transcriptionists available from Crescendo
Crescendo Systems starts offering Philips' new USB Hand Control as a direct replacement for the traditional foot pedal typically used by transcriptionists.

November 4, 2008
Modern Speech Recognition Integrated with Digital Dictation Systems: A Complete and Reliable Solution
Digital Dictation Systems (DDS) have been around for some time now, and are currently viewed as an established technology and an everyday tool. Most of the time however, the same cannot be said about Speech Recognition. Professional Speech Recognition has had severe drawbacks in the past, and today’s solutions are wrongly being frowned upon because of these.

October 29, 2008
Crescendo showcases its Digital Dictation and Speech Recognition solutions at JFR 2008 in Paris

September 29, 2008
UK Driffield’s Medical Centre installs Crescendo’s renowned DigiScribe-XL digital dictation workflow system.
The Medical Centre, Driffield. Dr Crawford and Partners is a busy GP practice in the North East of England, with the main surgery in Driffield and a branch in nearby Wetwang.

September 8, 2008
Cornwall County Council selects and embraces Crescendo DDS technology
Following an extensive tender process of the UK’s top DDS suppliers, the Legal Services department of Cornwall County Council chooses Crescendo’s DigiScribe-XL solution as the way forward to improving office efficiency and document turnaround times.

April 15, 2008
Speech Recognition Goes South
First Radiology installation drives mid-market momentum for Crescendo and SpeechMagic^™ in South Africa.

April 1, 2008
Australian Radiologists rely on Crescendo Digital Dictation to accelerate report turnaround
South Coast X-Ray and Bankstown Health Service Radiology Endorse DigiScribe-XL

March 3, 2008
Another large Crescendo installation underway in Australian healthcare
Westmead Hospital Radiology rolls out DigiScribe-XL to 115 users

February 14, 2008
More UK law firms are capitalising on Crescendo Digital Dictation
Successful DigiScribe-XL 4.0 rollouts for KJ Commons Solicitors and JSP Solicitors

February 7, 2008
Crescendo enjoys continued success in US Cardiology market
Advanced Cardiology, Inc. completes DigiScribe-XL and MedRite-XL installs

January 29, 2008
One of Sydney's largest private hospitals selects Crescendo Digital Dictation
Successful DigiScribe-XL rollout at Sydney Adventist Hospital creates strong market momentum for Crescendo in Australia

January 15, 2008
Meet Top 25 Healthcare Executive 2007 at the Crescendo booth during HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition
Visitors to HIMSS 2008 given exclusive opportunity to meet Dr. Stephen Rosenthal, the first in North America to implement a wireless speech recognition and patient administration solution for his emergency department

2007

October 29, 2007
Leading Berkshire law firm sets sails for digital efficiency
Horsey Lightly Fynn completes successful DigiScribe-XL pilot

October 15, 2007
Crescendo of productivity for top 100 US law firm Baker Donelson
500 attorneys across 16 offices to be equipped with DigiScribe-XL by 2008

September 20, 2007
Crescendo to launch new interactive speech recognition module for clinical notes at AHIMA 2007
Processing clinical notes has never been so fast

August 20, 2007 
Roundwood Surgery resolves "document creation nightmare" with a Crescendo digital dictation and transcription system
Doctors eject tapes from surgery altogether

July 30, 2007 
Crescendo launches Healthcare Speech Recognition blog
Website created to help hospitals share experiences about medical record management based on speech recognition and workflow management technologies

July 27, 2007
Prexus Health Partners (OH) roll-out Crescendo across their entire health network.
Bridging the dictation-transcription gap with an integrated system.

July 24, 2007
Crescendo and Voicepath join forces to facilitate transcription outsourcing for UK law firms

July 6, 2007
Scotland's 2006 "Law Firm of the Year" Anderson Fyfe selects Crescendo Digital Dictation

June 19, 2007
Quebec City's Robert-Giffard Hospital Center selects digital dictation solution from Crescendo
Forthcoming productivity improvements for Quebec's first psychiatric hospital.

June 7, 2007
Two Quebec City hospital centers choose Crescendo to enhance productivity and improve medical report turnaround time and availability.
Rollout of a comprehensive and fully integrated digital dictation, speech recognition and transcription system.

May 30, 2007
Northern Health BC partners with Crescendo to centralize region-wide dictation and transcription into one single repository
Major step towards eHealth excellence for one of Canada's largest regional healthcare groups.

April 25, 2007
Fraser Brown rolls out Crescendo digital dictation system across its ten offices
Nottingham law firm reaps the benefits of mobile dictation and centralised transcription

April 20, 2007
Des Moines Police Department implements Crescendo digital dictation
Efficient crime reporting is just a phone call away

April 17, 2007
Stephenson Harwood selects Crescendo digital dictation
Top 100 UK law firm rolls out DigiScribe-XL to 350 users

April 9, 2007
Liverpool law firm Kirwans Solicitors says "yes to digital dictation, but not without advanced workflow management."

April 8, 2007
London-based inventory company reduces report turnaround from days to hours with DigiScribe-XL 

February 9, 2007
Launch of DigiDictate-IP and DigiPlayer-IP 4.0
New graphical user interface improves dictation and transcription experience

January 5, 2007
WolfBlock rolls out Crescendo digital dictation across nine US offices
Deal sets significant momentum for Crescendo in the US legal market

2006

September 25, 2006
Crescendo inaugurates its new head office in Laval

September 4, 2006
Top 160 London law firm harvests immediate benefits after rolling out Crescendo digital dictation
Productivity leap for Bates Wells & Braithwaite 110 DigiScribe-XL users

September 1, 2006
Crescendo offers front-end speech recognition alternative to healthcare facilities
Complete physician control over the entire document creation process, from dictation and correction to sign-off and distribution

August 15, 2006
Hôpital Montfort selects Crescendo for hospital-wide dictation, speech recognition, report creation and distribution 

July 20, 2006 
Exeter-based law firm Veitch Penny opts for Crescendo as preferred digital dictation and workflow system supplier 

June 13, 2006 
Crescendo introduces iDeliver
Taking mobile dictation one big step ahead

April 16, 2006 
Crescendo wins four awards in one week
Increased recognition for worldwide provider of professional document creation and management systems.

February 1, 2006
Crescendo releases the first state-of-the-art dictation and speech recognition application for Citrix® access infrastructures

2005

December 9 , 2005
Crescendo and Plus Technologies secure the delivery of medical reports to the point-of-care
Solving output management and printer administration problems in healthcare facilities

December 1, 2005
Philips SpeechMagic named European Technology Leader by Frost and Sullivan

July 14 , 2005
Nash & Co Solicitors experience home-based dictation with DigiScribe-XL
Firm wide implementation of the Crescendo mobile dictation solution results in new practice efficiency

May 9, 2005
Hewitsons goes enterprise-wide with Crescendo 
Top 100 law firm and top five in East Anglia generates new business advantage with DigiScribe-XL

April 28, 2005
Crescendo launches web-based platform for data access, editing, playback, delivery and distribution
Finally an ASP .NET application delivers it all!

January 25, 2005
Crescendo opens new branch office in Toronto to better serve the needs of a growing Canadian market demand

January 18, 2005
Crescendo launches dedicated, back-end speech recognition solution for UK law firms
Improving legal documentation workflow

2004

2003

November 1, 2003
Formation of Crescendo Systems Limited
Crescendo expands into the United Kingdom

October 12, 2003
iTranscriber Released for Beta
Crescendo's new web based transcription application