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Summary

Name DSS Pro
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Identifiers PUID:  fmt/1008
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Classification Audio
Disclosure  
Description Digital Speech Standard is a proprietary audio file format for the storage of digital speech recordings, which was jointly developed and introduced by Olympus, Grundig and Philips. The DSS Pro (.ds2) format supports improved sound quality over the original Digital Speech Standard format, and also supports file encryption.
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Related file formats Is subsequent version of Digital Speech Standard  
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Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 22 Mar 2017
Source description  
Last updated 22 Mar 2017
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