Catty1
04-14-2008, 07:35 PM
Hi.
At work we do transcription with microcassettes that are played back via an old Dictaphone machine. The pedal doesn't work, and the boss wants it fixed so the other gal and I can use it.
She doesn't use it either! Sometimes we have to rewind M's tape to repeat phrases, sometimes more than twice.
I LOVE the idea of the digital recorders that have software for speech-to-text recognition. We use a Mac, but I called a store today where I was told it would download onto a Flash drive as Word, and then could be uploaded into the Mac (we have MS Office).
5 minutes, so I am told, to get the recorder to recognize the voice properly, and we would still have M's handwritten notes to go by.
It sounds like it would take HOURS out of all the transcription work - $80 plus a bit for a flash drive is a great deal compared to the $65 flat rate for fixing the Dictaphone.
PLEASE - any feedback, good or not? I really want this to work...and the bosses to spend their money on that!
Thanks!
At work we do transcription with microcassettes that are played back via an old Dictaphone machine. The pedal doesn't work, and the boss wants it fixed so the other gal and I can use it.
She doesn't use it either! Sometimes we have to rewind M's tape to repeat phrases, sometimes more than twice.
I LOVE the idea of the digital recorders that have software for speech-to-text recognition. We use a Mac, but I called a store today where I was told it would download onto a Flash drive as Word, and then could be uploaded into the Mac (we have MS Office).
5 minutes, so I am told, to get the recorder to recognize the voice properly, and we would still have M's handwritten notes to go by.
It sounds like it would take HOURS out of all the transcription work - $80 plus a bit for a flash drive is a great deal compared to the $65 flat rate for fixing the Dictaphone.
PLEASE - any feedback, good or not? I really want this to work...and the bosses to spend their money on that!
Thanks!