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[[File:Philips Pocket Memo digital dictation recorder.jpg|thumb|150px|Philips Pocket Memo digital dictation recorder]]

'''Philips Speech Processing''' was founded in 1954, when the first [[dictation machine]] was produced in [[Vienna]]. In 1957, the first [[cassette]]-based dictation machine followed. One of the company's achievements was the development of the Mini-Cassette (also referred to as minicassette) in 1967 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalcopycat.com/audio_cassette_tape_identification.html |title=How to Identify Your Audio Cassette Tapes |accessdate=2 February 2013}}</ref>. The Mini-Cassette had a tape cassette format, mainly for the use with dictation recorders, which is still today's standard in professional analog dictation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.google.de/books?id=3aiA1URwOXIC&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=philips+Minicassette+developed+1967&source=bl&ots=D9AYti2BMF&sig=sNf2D7vQYhczgOPZcUbEW6p_vvY&hl=de&sa=X&ei=YggaUYD_JcSQhQecioCwBw&ved=0CDsQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=philips%20Minicassette%20developed%201967&f=false |title=Office Management |accessdate=2 January 2013}}</ref> The cassettes were subsequently used in the Philips Pocket Memo devices, which were launched in the same year. In 1989, Philips Speech Processing was the awarded the [[ISO 9000]] certification for quality assurance. At the time, the company was the first to receive such a distinction in [[Austria]]. 1991 marked the launch of Voice System 4000, which become a standard for hospitals worldwide. In 1994 Philips Speech Processing won the IF Design Award for their Pocket Memo 293. In 1995 the company developed SpeechNote, a dictation and transcription software.

In 1996, Philips, [[Grundig]], and [[Olympus Corporation|Olympus]] established the [[International Voice Association]] and defined the [[Digital Speech Standard]] (DSS), a proprietary compressed [[digital audio]] [[file format]]. It offers high audio quality for voice recording and is therefore suitable for [[Speech recognition|voice recognition]]. The format allows files to be stored in a highly compressed form, reducing file size, network traffic, and required storage capacity. The format also allows the user to attach additional information, such as a client or patient name, or a document type number, which is then stored in the file header.