dictaphone
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A dictaphone is a device for recording spoken words, typically used by professionals to dictate letters, notes, or reports for later transcription.
The term originated as a trademark but became generic for any voice recording device used in office settings: She dictated the memo into her dictaphone.
Now largely replaced by digital recorders and smartphone apps.
Magnetic audio cartridge
- microcassetteMiniaturized audio tape format
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- microphoneAudio input device
playback · portable · handheld · voice-activated · analog · digital · magnetic · rewind
Abbreviated writing system
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- typistOne who keyboards
- stenographyCompressed symbolic writing system
- memoBrief internal message
memorandum · minutes · correspondence · letter · notes · playback · rewind · pause
Sworn statement as evidence
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- affidavitSworn written statement
documentation · corroboration · witness · subpoena · cross-examination · admissible · incriminating · alibi
One who gathers news
- interviewFormal questioning session
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- scoopFirst-reported story
quote · source · investigative · exposé · byline · off-the-record · press · beat
cassette
Magnetic audio cartridge
- microcassetteMiniaturized audio tape format
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- recordingCaptured audio or video
microphone · playback · portable · handheld · voice-activated · analog · digital · magnetic · rewind · erase
shorthand
Abbreviated writing system
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- typistOne who keyboards
- stenographyCompressed symbolic writing system
memo · memorandum · minutes · correspondence · letter · notes · playback · rewind · pause · transcribe
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- transcriptVerbatim written account
affidavit · documentation · corroboration · witness · subpoena · cross-examination · admissible · incriminating · alibi · hearsay
reporter
One who gathers news
- interviewFormal questioning session
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
scoop · quote · source · investigative · exposé · byline · off-the-record · press · beat · newsgathering
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- audio devicesmicrophone, mic, CD player, iPod, stereo
- midcentury technologytransistor radio, color TV, rotary phone, tape recorder, record player
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
- office equipmentprinter, printers, copier, copiers, scanner
- old machinessteam engine, printing press, telegraph, typewriter, sewing machine
dictaphonetypewriter
Mechanical printing keyboard
keyboard · word processor · stenography · pen and paper · shorthand
dictaphonetelephone
Voice communication device
intercom · two-way radio · walkie-talkie · speakerphone · face-to-face meeting
dictionary, predict, verdict, addict, contradict, diction, edict, dictation, indict