I work in the legal field and have to research dictation. Is digital dictation so much better than analogue?
Yes – having used both I much prefer digital, the sound quality is a lot better, you can’t run out of tapes, if something is erased it can be recovered, and there is no need to run back and forward with tapes. Also, work is easily shared if, for example, one person is overloaded and someone else has nothing. I really could go on but I think you get the gist!!
The advantages/dis of both are obvious to any user but these are the main benefits of digital. In the analogue era, before dictation became a simple data file, recordings often had to go long distance by post. With digital technology, sending cassettes is a thing of the past. You can dictate the document in any location you wish and transmit the speech files immediately to the office from your laptop via data or network card. You can also benefit from the enhanced functionality of digital: the means to insert sentences afterwards into existing dictations, the ability to locate dictations easily, archiving capability (for saving space!) and the bonus of no wear on the machine (due to the absence of mechanical parts). For users who don’t have a secretary or a transcription service, voice recognition is n option. Voice recognition allows your speech to be directly and automatically converted into typed documents, thus saving time and money as well. Also, many desktop dication systems can
