dictating machine

American  

[dik-tey-ting] / ˈdɪk teɪ tɪŋ /

noun

1. a machine for recording dictation, as on cassettes or disks, for subsequent transcription.

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Etymology

Origin of dictating machine

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Unfortunately the disks he tried to adapt for his fledgling computer, paper coated with magnetic oxide used in an early dictating machine, proved too floppy.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2016

For their ballad they invented a switch on old operatic letter scenes, had Baritone John Raitt sing into an office dictating machine and then do a duet with his own recorded voice.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thomas Alva Edison, irreligious inventor, a gold medal; by Pope Pius XI; for his "contribution to the world through invention," and particularly for giving His Holiness a gold & ivory Edison dictating machine.

From Time Magazine Archive

For nearly two years Dictaphone has offered such a system specially designed to take advantage of the world's most successful dictating machine, the Time-Master.

From Time Magazine Archive

The work of the Volta associates laid the foundation for the successful use of the dictating machine in business, for their wax recording process was practical and their machines sturdy.

From Development of the Phonograph at Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, United States National Museum Bulletin 218, Paper 5, (pages 69-79) by Newville, Leslie J.