Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Top-40 UK Law Firm Switches 700+ Users From Winscribe To BigHand

BigHand, the leading voice productivity vendor in the global legal community, has today announced that Halliwells LLP, ranked within the top 40 UK law firms in terms of number of fee earners, has signed up to switch from their current Winscribe dictation system supplied by SRC, to BigHand voice productivity technology across the firm.

(PRWEB) January 6, 2010 -- BigHand, the leading voice productivity vendor in the global legal community, has today announced that Halliwells LLP, ranked within the top 40 UK law firms in terms of number of fee earners, has signed up to switch from their current Winscribe dictation system supplied by SRC, to BigHand voice productivity technology across the firm. The 700+ user software changeover will take place early this year.

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As in all technology changes we had to review a number of factors such as business and technological fit, strategic direction, the ease of change and commercial return on investment.
Dene Rowe, Partner & IT Director at Halliwells commented:

"As a Firm we have been established users of digital dictation technology for a number of years now. In line with our annual review and following an appraisal of the technology and opportunities available we have chosen to move our digital dictation platform to BigHand. As in all technology changes we had to review a number of factors such as business and technological fit, strategic direction, the ease of change and commercial return on investment. Put simply, we felt that the BigHand solution suited our needs now and in the future and we look forward to working with them as a strategic provider to the Firm."

About BigHand
BigHand is based out of Chicago, London, Sydney, and Toronto. BigHand is a Microsoft Gold Partner, BlackBerry ISV Partner, and was voted as 'Dictation System of the Year' at the 7th Annual Law Technology News (LTN) Awards 2009. BigHand was also nominated at the British Legal Awards 2009 as 'Technology Provider of the Year'. Additionally BigHand won 'Mobile Product of the Year' at the CNet Business Technology Awards 2008 and 'Best of Breed System of the Year' at the Legal Technology Awards for 2008. Further information is available at www.bighand.com

Contact:
Jo Beckwith, UK Marketing Manager, BigHand Ltd, jo(dot)beckwith(at)bighand(dot)com

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