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 PRICE AND FEATURE COMPARISONS OF THE TOOLS YOU USE

 
 Price
 On  
 3/01/12



Trade
Ins

 
Cost
To
Ship

Displays English or
Steno


Battery Write Time


Battery Charge Time

 

Rec'd
Audio



USB
Ports



Serial 
Ports


Internal Memory Backup


Flash Memory Backup


SD Memory Backup



Paper
-less



Wire
-less




Weight         

 $5,095

 YES

  $75

 English

 10 hrs ²
  5 hrs  
  YES

 YES

   NO  
   YES

    NO  
   YES  
 YES
 
 Optional³

  4.5 lbs
Stentura Fusion ®
  $4,595
  YES
   $75
  English
  10 hrs
   3 hrs
   YES
  YES
   YES
    YES
     NO
    YES
  YES
   Optional
  5.3 lbs
Wave™ / Captioners

Wave™ / Students
 $2,195

 $1,995
   NO

YES¹
   $25

  $25
   Steno

  Steno
  10 hrs ²

 10 hrs
   5 hrs

  5 hrs
    NO

   NO
  YES

 YES
    NO

   NO
    YES

   YES
     NO

    NO
     NO

    NO
  YES

 YES
     NO

   NO
   4.5 lbs

  4.5 lbs
Protégé (student)
Stenovations
LightSpeed LSS*
LightSpeed Classic
ProCAT
 Impression
Stylus
Flash
Neutrino Group
 Revolution 

Revolution-Captioners
Evolution
Advantage Software
 Passport
Word Tech.
 Tréal

 

  $1,745
   NO
   $25
    NO
  12 hrs
    N/A
    NO
  YES
   YES
    YES
     NO
     NO
   NO
  Optional
   N/A

 $2,995
 $2,995
 YES
 YES
  Call
  Call
    
   NO
   NO
   N/A
   N/A
   N/A
   N/A
     
  YES
  YES
 YES
 YES
     
 Adapter
 Adapter

    NO
    NO
    NO
    NO
   YES
   YES
 YES
 YES
  
  Optional
  Optional
  1.6 lbs
  1.6 lbs
 
 $5,195
 $4,795
 YES
 YES
  $64
 Call
  English
 +Steno 
 English
 16 hrs
 14 hrs
  5 hrs 
   N/A
  YES
 YES
 YES
 YES
  NO
 YES
   YES
   YES
    NO
  YES
   YES
   YES
 YES
 YES
  Optional
  Optional

  3.9 lbs
5..3 lbs
 $3,295
  YES
   Call
   Steno
  24 hrs
    N/A
    NO
 Adapter
  YES
     NO
    YES
     NO
  YES
    NO
   5.3 lbs

 $4,495

 $2,395
   
 YES

 YES
      
  Call

  Call
   
 English

 English
   
 35 hrs

 35 hrs
    
   N/A

   N/A
   
  YES

   YES
  
 YES

 YES
    
  YES

  YES
     
   YES

    NO
     
   YES

    NO
    
    NO

    NO
   
 YES

 YES
   
  YES

  YES
  
  5.2 lbs

  3.4 lbs
 $1,595
  YES
   Call
    NO
  15 hrs
    N/A
    NO
  YES
   YES
     NO
     NO
     NO
  YES
    NO
   2.5 lbs

 $4,995
  NO
  Call
 English
  N/A
   N/A
   NO
 YES
   NO
   YES
    NO
   YES
 YES
  Optional
   N/A

   $795
  NO
  Call
   NO
  N/A
   NA
   NO
 YES
 Adapter
    NO
    NO
   NO
 YES
   NO
  1.2 lbs
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¹ - WAVE Student Upgrade Guarantee - buy a professional Stenograph writing machine within three years of purchasing your 
     Wave writer and Stenograph will guarantee you a $1,250 trade-in value on your WAVE Machine.

² - Diamante™  & Wave™ have a Backup Battery that operates the writer in fail-safe mode for an additional 8 hrs when the    
     Primary battery or A/C power is not  available.

³ - Diamante™ Bluetooth Wireless - $132.00
     Diamante™ WiFi Option (internal adapter) $159.00