<s>
Digital	B-Algorithm
Speech	I-Algorithm
Standard	I-Algorithm
(	O
DSS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
compressed	O
digital	O
audio	O
file	O
format	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
International	O
Voice	O
Association	O
,	O
a	O
co-operative	O
venture	O
by	O
Olympus	O
,	O
Philips	O
and	O
Grundig	O
Business	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
digital	B-Algorithm
speech	I-Algorithm
standard	I-Algorithm
was	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
previous	O
codec	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
psychoacoustical	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
that	O
perform	O
nearly	O
as	O
well	O
at	O
only	O
slightly	O
higher	O
bitrates	O
have	O
led	O
to	O
this	O
speech	O
coding	O
standard	O
being	O
less	O
used	O
in	O
modern	O
voice	O
recording	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
along	O
with	O
ability	O
to	O
include	O
additional	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
file	B-General_Concept
header	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
transcriptionist	O
including	O
priority	O
mark	O
,	O
author	O
,	O
job	O
type	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSS	O
is	O
a	O
format	O
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
speech	O
,	O
equivalent	O
to	O
MP3	B-Application
for	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
with	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
quality	O
usually	O
is	O
as	O
low	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
to	O
minimize	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
