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Endoscopy software: Mac, Windows, and how to choose

We make one of the products on this page, so read it accordingly. What follows is who is actually out there, why nearly all of it runs on Windows, and the questions worth asking any vendor — including us — before money changes hands.

Who makes endoscopy reporting software in Spanish

The market for Spanish-language endoscopy capture and reporting software is small and made up of long-lived regional vendors. These are the ones a physician in Mexico, Argentina or Chile is most likely to be shown:

We have deliberately not filled this table with feature ticks for other people's products. We have not run them, and a comparison chart written by a competitor from a reading of a website is not evidence. What we can tell you is what to ask.

Why almost everything runs on Windows

Not because Windows is better for this. Because these products were written between fifteen and twenty-five years ago, when the hospital computer was a Windows computer and capture cards came with Windows drivers. That decision was made once and everything since has been built on top of it.

Two things changed. Capture cards now follow the UVC standard and work with no drivers on any modern operating system, so the original technical reason is gone. And a lot of physicians now own a Mac and would rather not keep a second computer alive for one program. That is the entire reason EndoMac Pro exists.

There is an honest cost to that choice, and it is the first thing on the list below: if your practice runs on Windows and will keep running on Windows, EndoMac is not for you, and we will say so on the call rather than sell you a Mac.

Ten questions to ask any vendor

Ask these of every product you look at, and ask for a demonstration rather than an answer. Our own answers are given underneath each one.

1. What happens if the power goes out mid-procedure?

Ask them to do it in front of you, with images already captured. This is the single most revealing test, and the one most often not offered. EndoMac: every image is written to disk as it is captured; reopening offers to continue or close the procedure with its images intact. You can try the simulation on our home page.

2. Does it work with no internet?

A procedure room with a dependency on connectivity has a bad day waiting for it. EndoMac: capture, reporting and archive work offline. Internet is needed only to send a patient a link and to sync with PrepSync.

3. Where do the studies actually live?

On your hardware, on the vendor's server, or in a cloud account you don't control? The answer determines what happens if you stop paying. EndoMac: on your Mac and your clinic's NAS. The one exception is a patient share link, which puts a temporary copy in cloud storage that is deleted after seven days.

4. Can I get my data out?

Ask to see the export, not to be told it exists. EndoMac: export everything, whenever you want, without asking us.

5. Perpetual license or subscription?

And specifically: if you stop paying, does the software keep working? EndoMac: a perpetual license per physician, plus an annual plan for updates, support and patient links. Stop renewing and EndoMac keeps capturing and reporting; you lose updates, support and share links.

6. What does the report look like, before I buy?

Ask for a real PDF, with images, on their letterhead. EndoMac: the three base templates are printed in full on this site, in Spanish and English, before you talk to anyone.

7. Can I edit the templates myself?

Or does every change go through the vendor, on their schedule? EndoMac: duplicate and edit any template yourself, or write one from scratch.

8. How do results reach the patient?

A printed sheet, an email nobody opens, or a screenshot from the doctor's phone? EndoMac: a private link over WhatsApp that expires on its own after seven days, with the report and the images. The patient installs nothing.

9. What does it require of my tower?

Any product that requires you to change processors is selling hardware. EndoMac: a standard video output and a USB capture card. Tested on the Olympus CV-190; other processors are compatible by specification and we confirm your model before you buy anything. The details are on the compatibility page.

10. Who answers when something breaks on a procedure day?

A ticket system, or a person? EndoMac: WhatsApp, the same channel your room already uses. We are a small studio; that is a limit as much as a promise, and worth weighing against a larger vendor with a support department.

When EndoMac is the wrong answer

• Your practice runs on Windows and is going to keep running on Windows. There is no Windows version and there is no plan for one.
• You need it integrated into a hospital HIS or PACS today. EndoMac is built for private practices and small endoscopy units.
• You need the vendor to be a large company with a formal support department and a procurement process to match.
• Your Mac is Intel-based. EndoMac Pro requires Apple Silicon and macOS 15 or later.