A dictaphone is a specialized piece of recording technology primarily designed to facilitate recording and subsequent transcription of spoken words. These devices are designed to be portable and to record sound at a useful but not perfect leve.
The Secretary at the law office used a dictaphone while transcribing notes!!
In 1907. Wax cylinders were used in dictaphones until 1947.
Dictaphone (a tape recorder that records and reproduces dictation)
Yes, Thomas Edison invented the 1st practical dictaphone.
A digital dictaphone is useful for recording voices, as a secretary might for transcribing later. The digital version replaces the tape recorder style dictaphone and has a longer and clearer recording.
Thomas Edison
Dictaphone is a product brand name. It is the name of an early company that made dictation recording machines.
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To record from a dictaphone, make sure the device is turned on and the microphone is positioned correctly. Press the record button to start recording your audio. When finished, press the stop button to save the recording.
A cassette transcriber is typically used by an individual that is looking to transfer the recordings from a cassette tape to another medium. An example would be to transfer from a cassette to a CD.
Back in the day it was used in thermometers.
Edison produced his most important inventions at Menlo Park, New Jersey 1876-87.