microcassette
Pocket recorder medium
A microcassette is a miniature audio cassette tape, smaller than the standard compact cassette.
Developed primarily for dictation machines and answering machines, microcassettes traded audio quality for portability and convenience: She recorded interviews on a microcassette recorder.
The format became largely obsolete with digital recording.
Written version of speech
- dictaphoneAudio capture device for transcription
- memoBrief internal message
- notetakingRecording information for later
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
typist · transcriber · verbatim · shorthand · stenography · minutes · correspondence · office
Sound from throat
- interviewFormal questioning session
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
courtroom · journalist · ethnography · fieldwork · oral-history · surveillance · wiretap · evidence
Adhesive strip on roll
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- spoolCylinder for winding material
- ferriteMagnetic ceramic compound
- capstanVertical rotating hauling device
heads · motor · miniature · pocket-sized · handheld · portable · compact · lightweight
Evoking recent past
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- analogComparable equivalent
classic · old-fashioned · throwback · dated · bygone · relic · antique · discontinued
transcription
Written version of speech
- dictaphoneAudio capture device for transcription
- memoBrief internal message
- notetakingRecording information for later
secretary · typist · transcriber · verbatim · shorthand · stenography · minutes · correspondence · office · executive
voice
Sound from throat
- interviewFormal questioning session
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
testimony · courtroom · journalist · ethnography · fieldwork · oral-history · surveillance · wiretap · evidence · archive
tape
Adhesive strip on roll
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- spoolCylinder for winding material
- ferriteMagnetic ceramic compound
capstan · heads · motor · miniature · pocket-sized · handheld · portable · compact · lightweight · slim
retro
Evoking recent past
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- collectibleObject worth amassing
analog · classic · old-fashioned · throwback · dated · bygone · relic · antique · discontinued · eighties
player
Game participant
- rewindReturn to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- playRecreation or staged drama
pause · stop · eject · counter · volume · speaker · speed · mono · stereo · headphones
- audio equipmentspeakers, microphone, headphones, amplifier, amplifiers
- audio mediavinyl, LP, CD, 8-track, record
- recorderstape recorder, voice recorder, video recorder, digital recorder, DVD recorder
- storage mediablank CD, blank tape, CD, DVD, floppy disk
- audio formatsMP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, WMA
- video formatsVHS, Betamax, Betacam, S-VHS, VHS-C
microcassettedigital recorder
Device storing audio electronically
flash drive · CD · hard drive