High Criteria Inc., today announced that it has incorporated additional Section 508 facilities into its latest version of the Liberty Court Recording application. These latest updates will further enhance the ability of disabled persons to use the application.

Section 508 is a portion of the 1998 amendment to the United States Rehabilitation Act. Section 508 requires that Federal U.S. Agencies make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. The law applies to all U.S. Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Under Section 508, agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others.

The Liberty Court Recorder is a PC based audio / video recording application specifically designed to record in courtrooms, hearing rooms and in any venue where the spoken word will form the basis of an official record. High Criteria has an extended history working with assistive technology. For many years, users of the High Criteria "Total Recorder" program have used Total Recorder along with assistive technology programs such as JAWS. The experience gained through the introduction of changes into the Total Recorder program has assisted in the implementation of appropriate updates for the Liberty line of recording solutions.

Further information about JAWS may be obtained by following this link to the Freedom Scientific web site.

Further information about Section 508 may be obtained by following this link to the Section 508 web site.

The Liberty Recording system is available through local re-sellers in the United States such as JCG Technologies of Scottsdale Arizona (www.JCGTechnologies.com), Loffler Business Systems of Minnesota (www.Loffler.com), BIS Digital Systems of Florida (www.BISDigital.com) and Audio Data Systems Inc of North Carolina(www.audasy.com) and directly through High Criteria Inc.

High Criteria Inc, a world leader in computer audio recording systems, today announced the immediate availability of an updated version of the Liberty Court Recording system for recording courtroom and other legal proceedings. The Liberty Court Recorder is a digital recording application that runs on a PC or laptop and records multiple audio channels directly to the computer hard drive.

The Liberty System offers an economical alternative for those wanting to move away from tape systems such as the Sony BM 246 and incorporate the benefits of a digital audio recording system into the courtroom.

Enhancements in this release include:
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• Enhanced text substitution capabilities, including the ability to use abbreviations that allow you to quickly enter any amount of predefined text, support for multi-line text, and the use of colors for text.
  
• A bookmark can be assigned a color, which allows you to highlight or classify bookmarks. For example, you can use different colored bookmarks to differentiate child witnesses, sensitive information, etc.
  
• Export a file, including bookmarks, audio, and video to PDF format. The media file can be created and saved separately from the PDF document so that the audio/video links will work properly after you move the file onto a Windows Media Server folder to be streamed to the end users.
  
• Export a dcr file as a Windows Media file (wma, wmv).
  
• In the Network Monitor, the number of rooms you can monitor has been increased to 32 and each room may be assigned a unique name.
  
• Also in the Network Monitor, different users can monitor the same room at the same time, while at most, one user can control that room.
  

Version 5.2 of both the Liberty Recorder and the no-cost Player are immediately available and may be downloaded for evaluation and purchased from the Liberty web site at www.LibertyRecording.com.

Portable configurations suitable for use with a laptop computer are also available.

Please contact High Criteria at sales@LibertyRecording.com for further details.

High Criteria Inc., today announced the availability of the Liberty Interview Recorder, V1.1.

The Liberty Interview Recorder is designed with recording features that address the needs of police and other law enforcement services. Specifically, the application records the audio, video and associated notes directly to the hard drive of a recording PC. Thereafter, the file may be managed, just as is any other data file. Integrating the interview recording with the computer environment allows the police service to leverage their existing investment in computing services and make use of current facilities for security, backup and recovery and long-term archival of the data.

The Liberty Interview system allows services to eliminate older DVR and VHS machines. The player program facilitates transcription, and the recording file may also be saved in a format that plays in Windows Media Player on an PC.

The Liberty Interview system includes the following features:

• a player application designed specifically for transcription
  
• allows export to PDF and WMA formats so the recordings may be transported and played back without the need for a proprietary player program
  
• imbeds a watermark onto each video frame to confirm the authenticity of the recording
  
• supports imbedded notes that may later be searched allowing users to quickly find older recordings
  

The Liberty Interview Recorder is available through local re-sellers in the United States such as JCG Technologies of Scottsdale Arizona (www.JCGTechnologies.com), Loffler Business Systems of Minnesota (www.Loffler.com), BIS Digital Systems (www.BISDigital.com) and Audio Data Systems Inc (www.audasy.com) and directly through High Criteria Inc.

High Criteria Inc, a world leader in computer audio recording systems, today announced the immediate availability of an updated version of the Liberty Court Recording system for recording courtroom and other legal proceedings. The Liberty Court Recorder is a digital recording application that runs on a PC or laptop and records multiple audio channels directly to the computer hard drive.

The Liberty System offers an economical alternative for those wanting to move away from tape systems such as the Sony BM 246 and incorporate the benefits of a digital audio recording system into the courtroom.

Enhancements in this release include:

• Support for Windows Vista, including certification as "Designed for Windows Vista".
  
• The SPEEX codec is now used for the default sound quality of recordings.
  
• Visual styles in Windows XP and Windows Vista are now supported, which allow you to change the visual style of the user interface.
  
• The programs are now packaged as an MSI file and use the Windows Installer for installation.
  
• When exporting a file to an audio CD, the Player burns the CD itself without the use of a system burning wizard (Windows XP and Vista only).
  
• You can open a file in listen-only mode, which allows you to listen to a file but prevents you from making any updates.
  
• And a range of other features including reliability and availability enhancements were introduced.
  

Version 5.1 of both the Liberty Recorder and the no-cost Player are immediately available. The Player may be downloaded from the Liberty web site at www.LibertyRecording.com.

Portable configurations suitable for use with a laptop computer are also available.

Please contact High Criteria at sales@LibertyRecording.com for further details.

Please follow this link to the Liberty Recording home page.


The Liberty Recording system is available through local re-sellers in the United States such as JCG Technologies of Scottsdale Arizona (www.JCGTechnologies.com), Loffler Business Systems of Minnesota (www.Loffler.com), BIS Digital Systems of Florida (www.BISDigital.com) and Audio Data Systems Inc of North Carolina (www.audasy.com) and directly through High Criteria Inc.

High Criteria Inc, a world leader in computer audio recording systems, today announced the immediate availability of an updated version of the Liberty Court Recording system for recording courtroom and other legal proceedings. The Liberty Court Recorder is a digital recording application that runs on a PC or laptop and records multiple audio channels directly to the computer hard drive.

The Liberty System offers an economical alternative for those wanting to move away from tape systems such as the Sony BM 246 and incorporate the benefits of a digital audio recording system into the courtroom.

Enhancements in this release include:

• The ability to restore pre-defined bookmarks, if a case is stood down.
  
• When searching for text in DCR files, you can search files and docket-specific fields, search by date or a date range, search for an exact phrase, specify a list of folders to search, use a phonetic algorithm, and other enhancements. The search results are displayed as a list of files and a list of dockets.
  
• Date and time can be included on each video frame.
  
• Additional data, such as the user that made the recording, the product version, and other product information can be displayed as part of a file's properties.
  
• A confirmation alert can be issued when you try to create a new file, and another file is already open.
  
• In the Liberty Player, Export the audio data from a DCR file directly to an audio CD. Previously, you would need to convert the DCR file into a WAV file and then use CD-burning software to write the data to a CD. To avoid creating a very large file and to facilitate playback, you can have the file automatically split based on bookmarks or file size (in minutes).
  
• And a range of other features including reliability and availability enhancements were introduced.
  

Version 5.0 of both the Liberty Recorder and the no-cost Player are immediately available. The Player program may be downloaded from the Liberty web site at www.LibertyRecording.com.

Portable configurations suitable for use with a laptop computer are also available.

The Liberty Recording system is available through local re-sellers in the United States such as JCG Technologies of Scottsdale Arizona (www.JCGTechnologies.com), Loffler Business Systems of Minnesota (www.Loffler.com), BIS Digital Systems (www.BISDigital.com) and Audio Data Systems Inc (www.audasy.com) and directly through High Criteria Inc.

Please see the Liberty Recording website (www.LibertyRecording.com) for more information.

Please contact High Criteria at sales@LibertyRecording.com for further details.

High Criteria Inc, a world leader in computer audio recording systems, today announced the immediate availability of an updated version of the Liberty Court Recording system for recording courtroom and other legal proceedings. The Liberty Court Recorder is a digital recording application that runs on a PC or laptop and records multiple audio channels directly to the computer hard drive.

The Liberty System offers an economical alternative for those wanting to move away from tape systems such as the Sony BM 246 and incorporate the benefits of a digital audio recording system into the courtroom.

Enhancements in this release include:

• When predefined bookmarks are used, there is a visual indication that the bookmark has been used.
  
• Improvements to the Predefined Bookmarks window including the ability to append a number of pre-defined bookmark files, the ability to high-light pre-defined bookmarks with colors, and the ability to move pre-defined bookmarks up and down in the list.
  
• Improvements to the Text Substitution facility including the ability to move the substitutions up and down in the list, and a menu that allows you to perform all actions using a menu selection.
  
• Support for special characters and symbols in the fields used for bookmarks and dockets.
  
• In the Liberty Player, a selection panel has been added to the main Liberty Court Player window. On this panel, you can use a slider and other controls to select part of a recording. This is particularly useful when you want to export only part of a file.
  
• Again, in the Liberty Player, online playback allows you to play back a file as it is being mirrored.
  
• And a range of other features including reliability and availability enhancements were introduced.
  

Version 4.5 of both the Liberty Recorder and the no-cost Player are immediately available. The no-cost Liberty Player may be downloaded from the Liberty web site at www.LibertyRecording.com.

Portable configurations suitable for use with a laptop computer are also available.

Please contact High Criteria at sales@LibertyRecording.com for further details.