This is the function to start the signing process on the STU series signature pads. It requires a second Form as part of your project, named SignatureForm. This second form contains all of the data required to create the screen for the signature pad, capture the signature, and return a value back to the below function.

Private Sub startSign()
Dim usbDevices = New wgssSTU.UsbDevices()
If (usbDevices.Count <> 0) Then
Try
print(“Found ” + usbDevices.Count.ToString() + ” devices”)
Dim usbDevice = usbDevices(0)
Dim demo = New SignatureForm(Me, usbDevice)
Dim res = demo.ShowDialog()
print(“SignatureForm returned: ” + res.ToString())
If (res = DialogResult.OK) Then
DisplaySignature(demo)
End If

SendToSTU()

Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(“Exception: ” + ex.Message + ex.StackTrace)
End Try

Else
print(“No devices found”)
End If
End Sub

 
The function SendToSTU, which is called after the signing process is complete, reloads whatever image had been selected back onto the pad.

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Giving resistance values up to 10 Teraohms, Ohmite’s new Ultramox Series supports their popular Slim Mox resistor family and allows for tighter tolerances than previously available (down to 0.25%), and TCR’s as low as 25 ppm. Offered in four standard sizes, the Ultramox Series is rated from 10 to 30KV and from 1 to 3 watts.
Using thick film technology, the radial lead resistors can be made to suit customer specific applications and the silicon coating provides climatic protection to EN 60068-1: 55/125/56. The Ultramox has an operating temperature range of -55°C to +125°C.
Other wire diameters and thicknesses are available and Ohmite can produce axial versions, or, if preferred, resistors with formed leads or lead frames.

Datasheet – Ultra Mox Series

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Q-Is it possible to remove the IntegriSign Desktop watermark that appears behind a signature object?

A-Yes. In the application ‘IntegriSign Desktop – Configuration’, one of the options is to set the ‘Background Logo’. You can select the file you wish to use for the background there. When creating a new file to use for this background image, remember to resize the image so it is the same dimensions as your signature objects (default 110×180).

Q-During the signing process, exactly what biometric data is captured?

A-For each signature point, the x-axis position, the y-axis position, the pressure and the time is captured. Having the time captured allows IntegriSign to determine the velocity of a stylus during signing.

Q-How does content hashing work?

A-Hashing is the term used when signing a document to verify it has not been tampered with. When you sign a document, for all intents and purposes, the entire contents of that document is your Hashdata. When you later go and attempt to verify a signature in that signed document, the Hashdata is checked against the information stored in the signature data, and if the document contents have not changed, the signature will be verified.

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In Microsoft office, if I double-click an IntegriSign box to begin signing a document, my screen changes to a Visual Basic programming screen. What has happened and how do fix it?

When you are designing a new document in Word, or spreadsheet in Excel, you will need to use something called ‘Design Mode’ which allows greater control over editing the appearance of the page. The Visual Basic screen pops up when you try to start signing because your application is still in Design Mode. To cancel this, go to the Developer menu along the top of Word/Excel, and click the button (which should be highlighted) which reads ‘Design Mode’. This should fix your issue.

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This is the function to start the signing process on the STU series signature pads. It requires a second Form as part of your project, named SignatureForm. This second form contains all of the data required to create the screen for the signature pad, capture the signature, and return a value back to the below function.

Private Sub startSign()

Dim usbDevices = New wgssSTU.UsbDevices()

If (usbDevices.Count <> 0) Then

Try

print(“Found ” + usbDevices.Count.ToString() + ” devices”)

Dim usbDevice = usbDevices(0)

Dim demo = New SignatureForm(Me, usbDevice)

Dim res = demo.ShowDialog()

print(“SignatureForm returned: ” + res.ToString())

If (res = DialogResult.OK) Then

DisplaySignature(demo)

End If

SendToSTU()

Catch ex As Exception

MsgBox(“Exception: ” + ex.Message + ex.StackTrace)

End Try

Else

print(“No devices found”)

End If

End Sub

The function SendToSTU, which is called after the signing process is complete, reloads whatever image had been selected back onto the pad.

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If you are having trouble with the ePad-Ink, the driver suite contains a test utility.

Go to Start > Programs > EpadLink > ePad > Generic ePad Test Utility.

This will allow you ensure the ePad-Ink device is working correctly.

A note about signing:

When signing on the ePad‐Ink, try not to lean your hand too heavily on the ePad‐Ink around the signing area as this can apply pressure to the sensors under the screen and give an inaccurate signature.

A Note about USB ports:

Most modern desktop computers have USB ports on the front and back of the machine. The USB ports on the back of the machine carry more power than those on the front, so if you have an ePad‐ Ink plugged into the front of your computer and you are experiencing problems, try moving it to a USB port on the back of your computer instead. That might be enough to get it working.

You are getting this error when you try to sign a document:

 “ePad device could not be initialized”

There is a problem with the connection between the ePad‐Ink and your computer. Click ‘Cancel’; unplug the ePad‐Ink from your computer, and plug it back in. Try to sign the document again, and if it still doesn’t work, try the ePad‐Ink in a different USB port. If you are still unable to get the ePad‐Ink working (especially if this is the first time you have used it), there may be problems with the drivers. It is recommended to uninstall and reinstall them. Please note, you should reinstall IntegriSign after reinstalling the drivers.

There is no display on the ePad‐Ink screen.

Check the connection between the computer and the ePad‐Ink. If there is still no display, try a different USB port. If you are still unable to get a display on the ePad‐Ink, try checking the brightness dial on the back edge of the unit (just above where the cable is attached).

The LCD screen goes dark.

If the LCD screen is dark when you plug the ePad‐Ink into the computer, check the brightness dial on the back of the unit.

The stylus/tether has broken. How do I replace it?

You can order packs of 10 replacement styli (Part # 24‐87594‐10) from Steadlands. The stylus is easily replaced by unscrewing where it is tethered to the underside of the ePad‐Ink, replacing the stylus, and screwing it back into place.

My computer tells me the ePad‐Ink is plugged in and working, but I do not get a signature on my screen when I try to sign.

There might be a problem with the connection between ePad‐Ink and computer. Try a different USB port. If it still doesn’t work, try the ePad‐Ink with the Generic Test Utility (See above). If you do not get a signature on the test utility, try using a different ePad‐Ink.

There are vertical lines appearing on the ePad‐Ink screen.

This is a hardware issue. There is pressure being applied to the screen somewhere. Has the unit been dropped at all? Check the screen for signs of damage and clean it using a soft cotton cloth and isopropyl alcohol. If you are using a screen protector, replace it.

Jagged lines appear on the screen when I try to sign.

This could be caused by there being pressure applied to the sensor behind the screen by something other than the stylus. Usual causes are the ePad‐Ink has been dropped and something inside is pressing against the back of the screen. Alternatively, this could be caused by something as simple as the signer not applying enough pressure to the screen. Try pressing a little harder while signing.

The screen got scratched.

You will need either a replacement screen, or replacement ePad‐Ink. Given the cost of the replacement parts and shipping to the manufacturer for refitting, it will be much easier, faster and not much more expensive to buy a new ePad.

I can’t click on any on‐screen buttons.

When you try to click a button on the ePad‐Ink display and it is not detecting the click when you touch the screen, there could be pressure being applied elsewhere on the screen (or on the case surrounding the screen). Try clicking again, making sure no part of your hand is touching the rest of the ePad‐Ink unit. If it still doesn’t detect the click in the right place, try using a different ePad‐Ink.

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If you are planning on using a Wacom signature pad (STU-430/530) in Internet Explorer with Javascript, you may find it beneficial to include data on your forms that could change whenever the page is refreshed. For example, a dynamic ‘Date’ box that displays the current date. Obviously this would change from day to day and loading a completed form/signature from a previous day would immediately invalidate the signature due to these changes.

In order to get around this, it is possible to specify exactly which elements that make up a form should be included in the HashData. Here is the function:

function GetHash(hash) {

print(“Creating document hash:”);

hash.Clear();

hash.Type=1; // MD5

hash.add(document.getElementById(“fname”).value);

hash.add(document.getElementById(“lname”).value);

print(“hash.add: ” + document.getElementById(“fname”).value);

print(“hash.add: ” + document.getElementById(“lname”).value);

}

The ‘print’ lines are not necessary but are there to offer clarification when the function is used.

The hash.add line is used to add new elements to the Hashdata, using the element ID as a reference. Simply copy this line for each element you want included, and any elements of the form you want to exclude from the Hashdata are simply left out of the list.

In order to use this function to apply the Hashdata to a signature, use it like this:

This is the part of the Capture function that generates the signing process and captures the data required to bind the signature to the form. As you can see, the third and fourth lines are fixing the HashData.

var sigCtl = document.getElementById(“sigCtl1″);

var dc = new ActiveXObject(“Florentis.DynamicCapture”);

var hash = new ActiveXObject(‘Florentis.Hash’);

GetHash(hash);

var rc = dc.Capture(sigCtl, “who”, “why”, hash);

The final line starts the actual capture, and as you can see, you need to include the hash variable here for it to be bound to the signature.

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If you have an ePad which you believe is faulty, here are a few things you can try before calling us.

Is this the first time you have tried to use an ePad on this computer? If so, there may be a problem with the driver/IntegriSign install. Visit epadsupport.com and ensure you have downloaded the latest versions of the Universal Installer and IntegriSign Desktop. Go to Control Panel > Programs & Features (Windows Vista/7) and uninstall ‘ePadLink ePad xx.xxx’ and ‘IntegriSign Desktop xx.xxx’ (where xx.xxx is a version number). Reboot your PC, make sure your ePad is not plugged in, then install the Universal Installer, then IntegriSign Desktop. Once this has finished, plug in your ePad.

If your ePad still does not work, try plugging it into a different USB port on the back of your PC.

If you still cannot get your ePad to work, it probably has a fault. Try to install it on a different PC, or, if possible, try a second ePad on the PC you are having problems with.

Once these basic steps have been tried, if you still do not have a working ePad, contact our technical support on 01670 361261.

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We have seen a few people creating web forms that require signing using one of Wacom’s STU series, but when they reload the page after signing and saving, the signatures are invalidated. This is because the data added to the web form does not get saved as part of the HTML, and the HTML behind the page is used as the HashData for the signature.

In this example, we look at a textbox being filled in, and the effect it has on the signatures.T his is the HTML for the comments box in the below image:

Please complete</span></div><div class=”a” id=”a_174″><textarea id=”v_174″ name=”v_174″ rows=”5″>My Comment</textarea></div></div>

If this was saved now, it would be fine, because no changes have been made to the form itself. Now, we take a look at the form again, this time with some text added to the comments box.

Now, because this version has been signed before it is saved, the ‘comment’ does not show up in the HTML. This is the code for this comments box:

Please complete</span></div><div class=”a” id=”a_174″><textarea id=”v_174″ name=”v_174″ rows=”5″>My Comment</textarea></div></div>

Even with the ++ in the box, it does not show in the HTML because the page hasn’t been saved like that. The result?

HTML for the comments box:

Please complete</span></div><div class=”a” id=”a_174″><textarea id=”v_174″ name=”v_174″ rows=”5″>My Comment++</textarea></div></div>

Now that the document has been saved and reloaded, the ++ is now part of the HTML code. But because the form was signed before it was saved, the comment was not saved as part of the signature’s HashData. This means that upon reloading, the signature objects believe the form has been altered because of this new data appearing, and they display as invalid signatures.

The way to resolve this is to add a few lines to your ‘Start Signing’ function – one line to save the completed (but as yet unsigned) form, and another to refresh the page. This makes sure that all of the data added to the page is saved to it before signing, which means that the completed form then becomes the HashData, as opposed to the empty form, and the signatures will be captured and displayed properly.

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The signature is now bound to the spreadsheet, and will be able to verify whichever worksheets were selected for authentication.  If you double click on the signature, it will tell you if the document is verified (and thus has not been altered), or if the document has been altered at all, in which case, the signature is invalidated.

If a spreadsheet has been altered, the verifying signature will be invalidated. You can tell at a glance is the signature is valid or not. If invalid, it appears with a cross through the signature, like so.

If a signature is invalidated, you cannot remove the invalidation by removing the changes made. Once invalidated, it is always invalidated.

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In Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Excel, simply creating and signing multiple IntegriSign objects is enough to add multiple signatures to a document. The process is a little more complicated for Word.

Adding Continuous Section Breaks:

Switch to ‘Draft’ view in the lower right corner of Word.

Place your cursor where you want to insert a break. For tables, I suggest using the start of a

row, in this case, in front of Assessor, then Employer.

Insert Continuous section breaks from the Page Layout > Breaks menu.

Review altered document.

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First of all, we will need to place a signature object in the Excel spreadsheet. This will provide a place for the electronic signature to go. Select the cell in which you wish to place the IntegriSign object. In the ‘Add-Ins’ toolbar, click the button labelled ‘IntegriSign: Sign Document’.

Once you click this button, the ‘Authenticate’ window will appear.

In this window, you can select which sheets in a workbook you would like the signature bound to. Either select the individual sheets from the list, or select ‘Whole Workbook’ if you would like one signature to verify the entire workbook. After selecting the appropriate sheets, click ‘OK’. For example, if you wish the signature to verify the first 5 sheets in a workbook, you would go down the list, ticking each checkbox up to and including Sheet5.

Your signature object will appear with your selected cell at the top-left corner of the box.

In order to sign the spreadsheet, simply double-click the signature box. A Signature Information window will pop up.

Type the signer’s name in the ‘Signer Name’ box; then ask the signer to sign on the ePad-Ink; then click ‘OK’.

Please note: These steps must be followed as shown here. Signing, then entering the signer name will result in the signature disappearing from the ePad-Ink screen. Entering the name then clicking ‘OK’ without signing will result in an error message and the user having to repeat these steps correctly.

Once this is done, your signature object will appear in Excel, like this.

Note underneath the signature, you can see the date and time, plus the name of the signer.

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7 November 2015

UK – For Blyth Fireworks & Lighting Spectacular 2015, DTS Raptors and Evo fixtures brought the skies of Northumberland alive with stunning results for the 18,000 strong crowd awaiting the display.

Five DTS Raptors were mounted on a large commercial ship’s helicopter pad, while Blyth’s historical lighthouse was highlighted with help from a single Raptor. Full advantage was taken of the limitless pan rotation to create an unforgettable sight. Back on firm ground the DTS Evo fixtures delivered stunning effects across the bow of the ship and along the starboard side with rotating gobos and colours. The EVO fixtures provided bright and crisp beams.

“The DTS fixtures delivered stunning aerial displays of light across the skies of Northumberland and out into the North Sea,” says David Thompson of Steadlands Lighting & Sound. “It was very impressive to see the incredible distance the beams travelled through the sky.”

Lighting designer James Bawn comments: “Having had a demo of the Evo and Raptor at HSL, I had no hesitation in specifying them for this project. The Raptor has a superb feature set for a fixture which is so compact in size. My chosen lighting positions were in challenging locations but using the Raptor’s enabled my concept to be reality. The Evo’s were simply stunning, quick and bright. The Evo has incredible optics and cut through the other ambient lighting with ease.”

*Steadlands Lighting & Sound are hosting a Demo evening featuring DTS and other products on 2 December 2015 starting at 6:30pm. (Facebook event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/687858998017764/).

(Jim Evans)- www.lsionline.co.uk

http://www.lsionline.co.uk/news/story/DTS-Raptors-shine-at-Blyth-fireworks-spectacular/53OGLV

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Force Sensing Resistors were invented in 1977 by Franklin Eventoff, the man who would later, in 1985, go on to found Interlink Electronics, a key global manufacturer of FSRs for whom we are the sole UK distributer.

Force Sensing Resistors, or FSRs as they tend to be known, are constructed of a pair of polymer layers, held a hairsbreadth apart. One layer contains printed electrodes, and the other is covered by a conductive surface, so when pressure is applied to the FSR, the two layers meet, resulting in a variable resistance based on the amount of pressure applied.

In the forty years since they were invented, Force Sensing Resistors have found use in many different industries around the globe, jumping from the food industry, to the medical profession, through to musical instruments, and pretty much everywhere in between. Even in just one of these industries, the use of FSRs is widely different. For example, in the medical profession, Force Sensing Resistors are used to create mats that lie on beds, to allow nurses to know if someone has accidentally slipped off, or even moved. The same FSRs are also used to control prosthetic limbs, and have even been converted into shoes to help teach people how to walk again.

With six different models, the Force Sensing Resistors from Interlink Electronics are available to cover just about any niche you can think of, and their tiny cross section of about half a millimeter means they can be concealed in practically any surface, granting that surface area the ability to control whatever it is you have your FSRs connected to.

Force Sensing Resistors come in several shapes and sizes. With the smallest active surface area being just 5mm across, you can fit the FSR400 into just about any application. There is also available a larger circle, the FSR402. Both types are available with either a long or short tail attached to them which run out to solder tags. Going larger still, you have the FSR406, a square that is perfect for working into an array, and the FSR408, a long strip which can be cut down to size.

I can think of only three products launched in 1977, the Force Sensing Resistor, the Post-It Note, and the movie, Star Wars. It must have been a good year, since all three of these went onto bigger and better things.

May the Force Sensing Resistor be with you!

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There is a small amount of confusion over which SDK is best suited for use with a particular product, or for a particular application. In this article, I will look at the various developers’ kits that are available for our products, the programming languages they support, and what they are capable of.

Wacom’s Signature SDK for Windows

This kit allows a developer to incorporate biometric signature capture into their application. Signatures are stored in a format that allows for later analysis by qualified authorities, such as forensic document examiners, using a specialised application designed for just his purpose. This works with any of Wacom’s range of signature pads, pen tablets, or pen displays, like the DTU-1141.

This kit is simple to integrate, and automatically renders digital ink, displays dialog boxes, and captures complete biometric signature data. It can be used with a number of programming languages, including C, C++, C#, HTML/Javascript, Java, VB.NET, and Delphi.

The Signature SDK for Windows is used with Wacom’s STU series of signature pads.

Wacom’s Signature SDK for Android

Much the same as the above kit, this one is expressly designed to work with Android devices, and programming environments. Currently, the only supported language for this kit is Java.

Wacom’s STU SDK

Also known as the Low Level SDK, this allows any of Wacom’s STU series signature pads to be used to capture pen data. It requires more effort than the Signature SDK, but it allows unrestricted access to the data which can be stored in any suitable format. Applications can be made using this kit which are capable of uploading graphical images to the pad display, as well as recording pen movement, including pressure and timing, which is essential to compile handwritten biometric signature data.

This kit can be used with C, C++, C#, HTML/Javascript, Java, VB.NET, and Delphi.

Wacom’s iOS SDK

This kit is specifically designed for use with Wacom’s Bluetooth pens, such as the Bamboo Fineline Stylus, available in our shop. It provides features such as pressure sensitivity, palm rejection, and shortcut buttons, and can be easily integrated into your app for a traditional pen-on-paper feel.

While this SDK is constantly undergoing improvement and upgrade to keep it in line with current technology releases, it is currently optimized for use with the iPad Mini, generations 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the iPad Air, generations 1 and 2.

Wacom’s Wintab SDK

The DTU interactive displays are programmed using Wintab. The DLL which accepts the Wintab API is installed as part of the Wacom tablet drivers. There is no need to download any further software packages, everything is included in the initial install.

ePadLink’s IntegriSign SDK

For use with all of ePadLink’s products, this kit comes as part of the IntegriSign Desktop software package. It contains a number of samples to demonstrate the various capabilities of the ePad range, in a number of languages including ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, and Visual Basic 6.0.

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Every great idea, no matter how simple or complex, starts life as a thought. Davies Molding, with their custom molding service, can help you build the plastic parts for your great idea, exactly the way you need them, at every step of the way.

Design

Based on your input, Davies’ engineering staff can help you create the exact look, feel, and dimensions of your ideal plastic part. Utilizing the latest CAD and 3D modelling software, they can easily make changes to be sure the part will meet your specifications. Davies Molding engineers can then lead the design into production by ensuring that high quality molds and tools are created to produce the best possible custom molded part for your needs.

Prototype

Your concept can ‘come to life’ as it is transformed into a 3D image. By specifying colours, materials, drilling, or other operations, you can digitally view the entire part from any perspective. They can even provide rapid prototypes so that real examples of parts can be evaluated before putting tool to steel.

Production

Davies Molding understands that quality and on-time delivery are essential to your business. Both Steadlands and Davies will provide you with a first class service that will stay within your budget. After your product is finished, the service doesn’t stop there. We can ensure that parts can be ordered at any time, at any quantity you choose. We will work with you to ensure that your product is made with the quality and care that is needed for your continued success.

Portfolio

Davies Molding have created thousands of parts, in all different shapes and sizes – no project is too big for them to handle, and with both thermoplastic and thermoset molding techniques, you can get exactly the shape you are looking for.

Previously manufactured bespoke parts include mounts, for surveillance cameras and other video equipment, handles for high end ovens used in hospitals and nursing homes, and drip trays, as used to collect grease in fast food restaurants.

Thermoset or Thermoplastic?

What’s the difference? A thermoplastic is a material that becomes soft and malleable when heated, and goes rigid when cooled. You can repeat this process, heating it, reshaping it, cooling it, a number of times without changing the chemical makeup of the plastic.

Options

Davies Molding offer a wide variety of secondary operations after molding your part, to save you both time and costs of shipping your part to another vendor for these services. These include:

Thermoset: An Alternative to Metal

Thermoset plastics are successfully replacing traditional metal materials, where they provide value through improved performance at a lower cost.

Thermoset plastics are well suited to demanding requirements because they have the capacity to withstand heat and pressure for long periods of time without failure, they are impact resistant, and they have exceptional electrical insulating properties. Their dimensional stability, creep resistance, chemical resistance, stiffness, and high temperature capabilities make them the preferred material where reliable performance in adverse conditions is imperative and can be used as a cost-saving alternative to metals.

Why Davies Molding?

If this hasn’t persuaded you that Davies Molding is the right choice for your custom plastic molding needs, what else can we say to convince you? How about if we point out a couple of extra facts about Davies Molding?

Best Fit Manufacturing – By choosing Davies Molding as your manufacturing partner, you will have one point-of-contact for all the services you need, in just one vendor. Services such as mold design and development, production supervision and quality control can all be handled by Davies, making your project simple and easy to manage.

Risk Mitigation – You will have access to a global operations network, and a well documented, thorough disaster recovery program that minimizes risk from any disruptive factos in producing your product.

IP Protection – Davies Molding maintain a high level of controls throughout the development process to ensure your assets are protected. This has led to them being trusted by all manner of clients over the past 80 years.

Supply Chain Compression – This is, quite simply, the elimination of unnecessary steps in the logistics chain that lead to the manufacture of your product. With Davies handling all of your molding and manufacturing requirements, your quality assurance, inventory maintenance, and shipping costs will be reduced, and your time to market minimized.

Comprehensive Quality Assurance – With end-to-end, single-source responsibility for manufacturing and delivery, Davies’ strict quality auditing throughout the entire molding and manufacturing process, and adherence to REACH, ROHS, and Conflict Materials requirements are all major advantages to make sure your part is produced right the first time.

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At a time when public spending is decreasing, and the NHS is in the middle of a crisis, why should you think about investing in something new? What could possibly save you enough time or money to make it worthwhile?

The answer is Diktamen.

Diktamen is a digital dictation tool that installs onto your smartphone or PC, and links whatever you dictate into it through to a team of transcribers who will take what you say, and apply it your Hospital Information System.

This will free your user from their keyboard, allowing them to spend that time focused on the most important aspect of their job – their patient. What’s more, Diktamen is simple to install and use, meaning you don’t need to worry about your IT being out of action for long while the software is configured, and you don’t need excessive or expensive training so your staff can use it.

Diktamen also works on the go, meaning it is just as simple for Doctors to update the records of patients they need to visit at home, as it is to update those who visit the surgery. Thanks to the Diktamen system, there is no delay in having these mobile notes added to the transcription queue.

As soon as your dictation is complete, it enters the transcription queue, where it will be assigned to a transcriber depending on how busy the system is, and the priority of the document. You can even use the Diktamen app to keep track of your note’s progress towards the Hospital Information System.

Diktamen’s transcription service is just as important to the success of this program as is its app. Not only can it be used to streamline your own in-house transcription process to make it more efficient, but also offers on-demand access to an outsourced transcription team to help manage and eliminate overflow or backlog queues. Even the outsourcing is handled in-house, with your doctors deciding exactly how long it is acceptable for a document or note to stay in the transcription queue before being automatically outsourced.

Because we understand how important it is to properly allocate resources within the healthcare system, we offer a bespoke service that will provide a solution that has been tailored specifically for your organization, complete with system monitoring tools.

Removal of unnecessary features means that we limit any excess costs that would normally be associated with a more bloated piece of software, and also means we can provide you with higher quality and more comprehensive workflow documentation. This will allow your administrators to examine the system, identify potential flaws or bottlenecks, and make appropriate changes to counter them.

This system is already seeing use across 200 organisations in Europe, with over 14,000 users. Now, Diktamen is coming to the UK, where it is time for a rethink in the way our surgeries work. Please contact Jimmy Craik for more details.

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Say you’ve used an ePad-Ink to sign a Word document. What do you then do for esignature verification?

The signature is now bound to the spreadsheet, and will be able to verify whichever worksheets were selected for authentication.  If you double click on the signature, it will tell you if the document is verified (and thus has not been altered), or if the document has been altered at all, in which case, the signature is invalidated.

If a spreadsheet has been altered, the esignature verification will be invalidated. You can tell at a glance is the signature is valid or not. If invalid, it appears with a cross through the signature, like so.

If a signature is invalidated, you cannot remove the invalidation by removing the changes made. Once invalidated, it is always invalidated.

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In this time of austerity, especially where the NHS are concerned, what can be done to help reduce costs? Aiming for a paper-lite NHS could be a good start.

With an esignature pad on their desk, and Diktamen installed on their PCs or mobiles, doctors will see an increase in their productivity, meaning they can deal with patients without having to constantly stop to type up notes, and without having to deal with printers for prescription slips.

Unsure what esignatures are? Find out here.

Instead, any notes the doctor wishes to make will be made verbally, with Diktamen whisking away their words to a transcription team who will type them up and apply them to the correct patient file; and any letter or prescription that needs to be signed can be dealt with electronically, allowing for faster communication between the doctors and the pharmacists, or the doctors and their patients, since letters and prescriptions can now be emailed to their final destination, instead of having to rely on the postal service, or sending out a member of staff in their car.

Learn more about Diktamen here.

Our esignature solutions could also be installed at the pharmacists, meaning that any prescriptions can now be created, sent, dispensed, and signed by both doctor and patient, all electronically. This completely cuts out printing costs, and increases the speed at which a prescription can be dispensed.

All of our esignature solutions are legally binding, capable of being held up as evidence in court. Click here to learn more about esignatures and their legality.

So not only would a paper-lite NHS make life easier for your doctors, and the pharmacists, but streamlining the care process will also mean your patients are happier and, we hope, healthier.

If you are still unsure if this is the right path for you to take, might I recommend you take a look at one of our other articles – The Paper-Lite Office? It goes into a bit more detail about why you should consider reducing your paper usage.

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Davies Molding make daily announcements through social media. We will select some of the best and periodically include them here on the Steadlands website.

Davies Molding Goes Metric!

First and foremost, by popular demand, Davies Molding have expanded their capabilities and are introducing metric measurements to complement the imperial measurements already available. This is now spreading across their products, and will eventually cover the majority of their product ranges.

Get A Grip!

Davies Molding announce the expansion of their range of Two Point Pull Handles. Molded with a glass reinforced Nylon substrate and a Thermoplastic Elastomer rubber (TPE) overmold to provide extra comfort and style, they also have a non-slip comfortable grip that is both durable, and scratch-resistant.

New support for this range means they are now available in multiple centre-to-centre dimensions, and come in six colours.

Keep Your Distance!

Davies Molding has launched the SH1000 series, a durable and versatile range of insulating stand off spacers capable of withstanding up to 130°C. The series has multiple combinations of male and female inserts, and is available at a variety of spacing lengths, to fit whatever gap you need.

These standoffs consist of molded-in metal inserts with a Nylon UL94 V-2 hexagon spacer body. This hybrid design produces higher tensile/shear strength, and exceptional insulation. As mentioned earlier, it can handle temperatures of up to 130°C. With the default components in this range, the spacing gap can be between 10mm and 85mm.

Davies Molding are world leaders in molded solutions, and offer a range of products including handles and spacers like those mentioned here, as well as control and clamping knobs, enclosures, containers, and more. For more information on these, or any of Davies Molding‘s products, please call us on (+44) (0) 1670 361261, or email Jimmy by clicking here.

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