Play DSS files in your browser
The format of digital dictation recorders, used by doctors, lawyers and their typists. Play a DSS on any computer, right here, and keep it as MP3.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your sound starts playing the moment it opens, its whole waveform across your screen.
- Its whole waveform • Press or drag to jump
- Back and ahead 10 seconds • Half, 1.5× or double speed
- Show tags • Title, artist, album and cover
- Export • Save as MP3 or WAV
About DSS
Olympus, Philips and Grundig made the Digital Speech Standard in 1994 for their digital voice recorders. Hospitals, law firms and courts record dictation as DSS, and typists transcribe it.
A DSS file keeps speech squeezed to a few kilobits a second, with a header that names the author, the job number and when it was recorded.
No browser plays DSS by itself, and the players that do are paid. Filepeek decodes it with FFmpeg inside your browser, plays it at half to double speed with the pitch kept, and Export saves an MP3.
Digital Speech Standard
.dss
Format
- MIME type
- application/octet-stream
- Made by
- Olympus, Philips and Grundig
- Released
- 1994
Inside the file
- Audio
- DSS SP or G.723.1
- Made for
- Speech
- Sample rate
- 8 to 12 kHz
- Recorded on
- Dictation recorders
Opens in every browser
No browser plays DSS by itself. Filepeek decodes it with FFmpeg in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.
- YouChromePlays through Filepeek
- YouEdgePlays through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxPlays through Filepeek
- YouSafariPlays through Filepeek
Questions
How do I play a DSS file without dictation software?
Drop it on this page or press Peek a DSS. It plays right in your browser, with nothing to install.
Can I slow it down to type along?
Yes. The speed button plays it at half speed, or faster, with the voice kept at its own pitch.
Does DS2 play too?
No. DS2, from newer recorders, is usually encrypted with a key only the dictation software holds.
Is my recording uploaded?
No. The recording opens inside your browser and never leaves your device.