Improved efficiencies and future integration leads Eric Potter Clarkson to SRC WinScribe Digital dictation system 

London, May 31, 2007 -SRC, a leading provider of Digital Dictation and Speech Recognition solutions, today announced the firm wide roll-out of the WinScribe Digital Dictation system to leading European Patents and Trademarks experts, Eric Potter Clarkson LLP. The move to digital dictation follows Eric Potter Clarkson’s successful trial of the SRC WinScribe system, which highlighted the many inefficiencies of the existing tape-based system that had previously been accepted by staff. The decision to adopt the SRC WinScribe solution was made well in advance of the end of the trial and will now be used across all main service groups.

With more than 40 professional staff at Eric Potter Clarkson set to benefit, the WinScribe system will provide a much needed document workflow system providing fee earners and secretaries with real-time visibility on dictations and transcriptions. “The system provides Patent and Trademark professionals and secretaries with information that was not available with tapes. They know their dictations have been automatically sent to the correct group of secretaries and can see how their work is progressing,” commented, Philip Morris, Deputy General Manager at Eric Potter Clarkson. “Secretaries can view the length of dictations as well as priority dictations and so manage their work load far more efficiently,” he added.

Philip continued: “Technology has always been an area of strong focus for us and it was time we harnessed the power of digital dictation for our document production,” said Philip Morris. “The SRC WinScribe solution is a bridge to enable our professionals and secretaries to work together better, to ensure document turnaround times are met and, as a result, improve efficiencies.”

Before turning to SRC, the exclusive WinScribe Platinum Partner, Eric Potter Clarkson conducted a through evaluation of competitor solutions. Philip concluded: “we decided on the SRC WinScribe system because it provided us with a future proof platform which can support integration with our other internal systems, remote access via Citrix, and speech recognition when required. WinScribe also have a considerable record in bringing value-added innovations to the marketplace, coupled with leadership in their partnership with Citrix.”

Within this roll-out SRC will provide Eric Potter professionals with a range of devices, including the Philips Speech Mike hand held microphones.  Once dictations have been completed the WinScribe Intelligent Workflow Management system automatically routes dictations to the appropriate secretarial resource for typing. The solution also provides real-time management information on the status of work. The SRC implemented solution prioritises the firm’s dictations to ensure target turnaround times are met and that documents are returned to clients as quickly as possible.

“The system has been universally accepted, with all users quickly finding it easy to use. Secretaries in particular have commented on the improved sound quality which improves typing accuracy, with the ability to view and prioritise work being a great improvement over the old system” added Philip.

Chris Hart, CEO SRC. “This win confirms our market leadership in the patents profession, with 50% of the top dozen firms using the WinScribe system. Having already implemented our dictation and document creation solutions in over 250 professional services firms, we are now seeing increased interest in the patent sector, as firms look to improve productivity of secretarial support staff, better support remote and home working and provide customers with better client service.”

For more information on products and services, visit www.src.co.uk

About Eric Potter Clarkson LLP
Eric Potter Clarkson has been specialising in intellectual property for over 110 years and recognise that clients need specialists either in technical subject matter, or in different aspects of intellectual property.

In order to address this need, Eric Potter Clarkson has over 40 patent attorneys dedicated to specialist areas of technology such as biotechnology, molecular biology, organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, computing, electronics, telecommunications, medical engineering, materials science, computer software, mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals, textiles, etc. Dedicated trademark attorneys handle trademark matters.

Eric Potter Clarkson’s Main services include the registration of patents, trademarks and registered designs in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, validity and infringement opinions, searches for infringement clearance or validity, and regular watches

For more information visit www.eric-potter.com.

About SRC
SRC are the UK’s leading document creation professionals. The company's mission is to ensure its customers achieve cost savings and productivity improvements through the delivery, implementation and support of leading edge document creation technologies.

SRC provides consultancy for all elements of the professional document creation process together with high-quality delivery, implementation and support services. SRC's teams combine years of industry experience with the ability and commitment to deliver solutions that not only meet but exceed customers' objectives.

SRC only partners with best-of-breed, global technology providers, including WinScribe, Nuance, Olympus, Philips, Grundig and Workshare. The company is the UK's exclusive WinScribe Platinum Partner and is the holder of several Dragon NaturallySpeaking Partner Awards recognising the high quality of its speech recognition solutions. SRC is a Microsoft Certified Partner.

SRC also sells document creation products via the SRC Direct website.

SRC is privately owned and backed by leading financial institution, Esprit Capital Partners.

About WinScribe
WinScribe is a world leading provider of digital dictation software supporting business requirements for digital dictation, transcription, voice recognition, and workflow management.  First developed in 1995, WinScribe has offices in the USA, UK, New Zealand and Switzerland, with more than 100 sales partners in over 25 countries supporting more than 300,000 users worldwide. WinScribe is fully customizable to meet the needs of a number of significant vertical markets including Legal, Law Enforcement, Healthcare, Transcription, Insurance and Government sectors.
www.winscribe.com

For further information contact:
WinScribe Marketing
marketing@winscribe.com
+64 9 486 9010