Dictaphone

American

[dik-tuh-fohn] / ˈdɪk təˌfoʊn /

Trademark.

a brand name for a dictating machine.

Dictaphone British

/ ˈdɪktəˌfəʊn /

noun

a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing

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“He had his Dictaphone on from the minute Lionel and Michael started writing the song and Ken started doing logistics all the way to 8 in the morning, when they left the studio,” Nottingham says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

The film utilises hours of voice recordings from Ms McKee's mobile phone, computer and Dictaphone, as well as family footage to tell her story.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2021

Since his death, I am often visited by memories of him talking into his old Dictaphone.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

Brett gestures to my Dictaphone and asks: “Is that still on?”

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2018

There was a click as he stepped on a foot-switch, turning on a small Dictaphone on a nearby table.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

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