Voicepath take lead role in Autumn legal conferences

11 November 2009

The last few months have seen Voicepath play a key role in supporting a number of business partners user group gatherings.

In late September in Newcastle, Direct Dictation Solutions hosted a dictation seminar day at the city's Hotel Du Vin, attracting representatives from many of the region's law firms.  Delegates were able to hear news about the latest dictation devices, the newest release of the WinScribe digital dictation software and how the Voicepath service can integrate with their existing infrastructure and document production processes.  Jacqui Ryan, founder of Direct Dictation Solutions said "We were very pleased with the day and with the number of delegates who attended.  We were also delighted to have Voicepath join us.  They are the only transcription service we would recommend and consistently deliver an excellent service to our clients here in the North East".

October saw Voicepath be one of the key award sponsors at the LawNet 20th Anniversary Conference held at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport.  LawNet, the national collaborative network of mid sized law firms, hosts an annual gathering for the senior decision makers in their member firms.  This year's event saw sessions hosted by leading legal commentator, Joshua Rozenberg and other leading law firms consultants.  Voicepath are LawNet's recommended supplier of transcription services and now have over 30% of the member firms as clients.  Sponsoring the Best Use of Technology Award at the Conferences Gala Dinner, Richard Bate, General Manager of Voicepath handed the award to Mark Slade, Managing Partner of Nottinghamshire based Fidler and Pepper.  A Voicepath client, Fidler & Pepper were given the award in recognition of the development their own I-phone application to allow clients on-line access to case updates.  John Thomas, Chief Executive of LawNet commented, "We were delighted with this year's Conference and it was a suitable celebration of our 20th birthday.  I would like to thank Voicepath for their ongoing support and for the continued excellent service they are providing to a significant number of our member firms."

Bonfire night in November was the date for the BigHand Annual User Conference held at Vinopolis in Central London.  As the first member of BigHand's outsourced transcription panel and the panel member with the highest number of BigHand user firms as clients, Voicepath are delighted to be the only member of that panel to have supported every one of BigHand's User Conferences so far.  Over 150 delegates attended the day and evening celebration and were able to hear updates on the BigHand software and related partner activity including the best use of Blackberry and other mobile devices as dictation handsets and the use of the Voicepath outsourced transcription service.  Dan Speed, marketing director of BigHand said "the Annual Conference is an important part of our year and is a great opportunity to maintain links with our clients and business partners.  Voicepath continue to be an important partner for BigHand, a company we like to work with and we wish them every success."

Richard Bate, General Manager of Voicepath noted "Supporting our business partners in their activities is an important part of our own marketing effort.  Working with a range of partners allows Voicepath to meet with a wide range of personalities within law and other professional firms, and this allows us to explore and explain to them how our service might benefit their own operations.  We look forward to more of these activities in the future."