Professional Dictation Recorders

Professional dictation recorder buying and workflow guides

Choose professional dictation equipment around the whole assignment: recording, reviewing, correcting, delivering and transcribing. Check the exact model’s controls and supported formats, then test a sample recording at the secretary’s playback station. A compatible recorder, application, foot pedal and headset need to work together.

For a complete system, compare Martel’s recorder and computer transcription package, SKU 405, with the shared-recorder Dictaphone Machine, SKU 1843-2. The first uses a computer playback workflow; the second provides no-PC playback from the recorder. Neither equipment choice removes the need to review the finished document.

Buying guides and complete systems

• Dictaphone Buying Guide: Digital Recorders & Transcription Systems
• How to Choose the Right Dictation Recorder
• Dictation Microphone vs. Handheld Recorder for a Law Office
• Dictation Equipment for Lawyers and Secretaries: Package Buyer’s Guide
• No-PC Dictation for Lawyers: One Recorder or Two?
• How Much Does a Law-Office Dictation System Cost?

Software, compatibility and remote work

• Dragon Speech Recognition vs. Recorder-and-Secretary Transcription
• Remote Legal Secretary Dictation: Equipment and File Handoff
• Dictation File Formats: DSS, DS2, MP3 and WAV Explained

Using and upgrading your dictation system

• How to Dictate Legal Correspondence for a Secretary
• Replacing a Tape Dictaphone With Digital Equipment
• Smartphone vs. Dictaphone: Choosing a Dictation Recorder for Lawyers
• How to Set Up Computer-Based Dictation for a Lawyer and Secretary
• Dictation Corrections: Insert, Overwrite and Append

More specialist dictation guides

• Digital dictation equipment: formats, controls and workflow
• Olympus DS-9500 and Philips DPM8000 comparison
• Medical dictation recorders and HIPAA workflow considerations
• Olympus DS-9500 illustrated manual guide
• Slide-switch versus push-button dictation recorders
• Dictation Systems for Multiple Attorneys Sharing a Secretary

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