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The transcription machine is a special purpose machine which is used for word or voice processing. This special device manages audio video recording to transcribe them into written or hard copy form. So transcription machines are combination of transcribers and dictation machines.
Transcribing dictation with a Dictaphone wax cylinder dictation machine, in the early 1920s. Note supply of extra wax cylinders on lower part of stand. A dictation machine is a sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for playback or to be typed into print.
Transcription software, as with transcription services, is often provided for business, legal, or medical purposes. Compared with audio content, a text transcript is searchable, takes up less computer memory, and can be used as an alternate method of communication, such as for subtitles and closed captions .
SoundScriber is a dictation machine introduced in 1945 by The SoundScriber Corp. (New Haven, Connecticut, United States). [1] It records sound with a groove embossed into soft vinyl discs with a stylus. [1] [2] [3] Similar competing recording technologies are the Gray Audograph and Dictaphone DictaBelt.
Dictaphone wax cylinder dictation machine Dictaphone on display in a museum Dictaphone was an American company founded by Alexander Graham Bell that produced dictation machines . It is now a division of Nuance Communications , based in Burlington, Massachusetts .
Announced September 1972, IBM renamed their dictation products as input processing equipment. [14] The new branding was an unsuccessful attempt to market dictation machines to prospects who were averse to the term "dictation machine".
The equipment can also interface with litigation management software. A trained operator using a stenomask connected to a pre-trained speech recognition system can exceed 180 words per minute while at the same time exceeding 95 percent accuracy. They may also modify the pronunciation of the words they are speaking in order to improve accuracy.
Otter.ai, Inc. is an American transcription software company based in Mountain View, California. The company develops speech to text transcription applications using artificial intelligence and machine learning. Its software, called Otter, shows captions for live speakers, and generates written transcriptions of speech. [1]