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Format

NCH Dictation Audio File

Summary

Name
NCH Dictation Audio File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1280
Format type
Audio
Description
DCT is a proprietary audio file format developed by NCH Software for their dictation software. As well as audio data, .dct files also contain dictation header information and can be encrypted.
File extensions
dct
Source
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints / The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Relationships

Has lower priority than
Has priority over

Internal signatures

NCH Dictation Audio File

Note
Format consists of header, then RIFF WAVE audio data, which can be PCM or MP3. The audio data may also be encrypted, in which case the RIFF chunk is not visible, but a flag is set. The file may also include a transcription file, again for which a flag is set.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
1024
Byte Sequence
003200000000(01|52494646)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V96

    Release date
    21 January 2020

    NCH Dictation Audio File: Signature submitted by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    NCH Dictation Audio File: Full entry added. Submitted by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.