Dictaphone & Transcription

manisinghb · 2 Feb 2011 at 19:11

Hi guys, looking for a dictaphone which basically doesn't have to be extraordinary but need it to be able to transcribe the interviews/words on to the computer? i.e. tape recording on to Microsoft Word...

BloodyL · 2 Feb 2011 at 19:14

Doesn't windows have a speech to text facility?, just buy one, plumb it into the line in on the soundcard, fire up the S2T engine and bingo?

Vonhelmet · 2 Feb 2011 at 19:36

Pretty sure Dragon make one.

Think they have an app for some smartphones as well, if that's any good to you.

Pestilence · 2 Feb 2011 at 20:10

I think some Olympus dictaphones come with a bundled copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking, so you just bung it in the line in port of your sound card and let it work away.

Ought to get a copy of that, now that I think about it. Transcribing interviews manually is just painful.

Biohazard · 2 Feb 2011 at 20:11

I remember trying DNS years ago.

So much for the anticipated voice computing revolution that was touted to come!

manisinghb · 2 Feb 2011 at 20:12

I've been reading around and Dragon do seem to be the safest bet so far with reviews and recommendations. The smart phone might be a nice thing to look at...

So let me get this straight, is it possible to plug the Dictaphone straight in to the line-in and have the software (e.g. Dragon) pick up the words and transcribe them??