Dct (File Format)

A variable codec audio file format designed for dictation by NCH Software. It has dictation header information and can be encrypted (often required by medical confidentiality laws). The standard dct player is the Express Scribe Transcription Player.

List of codecs supported in dct files.

Format

Bitrate

1 Min =

Sample

11,025Hz 16bit PCM

176.4kbs

1292k

11k16bitpcm.wav

8000Hz 16bit PCM

128kbs

937.5k

8k16bitpcm.wav

11,025Hz 8bit PCM

88.2kbs

646k

11k8bitpcm.wav

11,025Hz u-Law

88.2kbs

646k

11kulaw.wav

8,000Hz 8bit PCM

64kbs

468.8k

8k8bitpcm.wav

8,000Hz u-Law

64kbs

468.8k

8kulaw.wav

11,025Hz 4bit ADPCM

44.1kbs

323k

11kadpcm.wav

8000Hz 4bit ADPCM

32kbs

234.4k

8kadpcm.wav

11,025Hz GSM6.10

18kbs

131.8k

11kgsm.wav

8000Hz Mp3 16k

16kbs

117k

8kmp316.wav

8,000Hz GSM6.10

13kbs

102.5k

8kgsm.wav

8000Hz Lernout & Hauspie SBC 12k

12.0kbs

87.9k

8ksbc12.wav

8,000Hz DSP Group Truespeech

9kbs

65.9k

8ktruespeech.wav

8000Hz Mp3 8k

8kbs

60k

8kmp38.wav

8,000Hz Lernout & Hauspie CELP

4.8kbs

35k

8kcelp.wav

Comments

The above are wave files - even if they have the mp3 codec they will have the ".wav" or ".dct" extension.