dictating machine

American  

[dik-tay-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

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Example Sentences

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dictating machine

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

In 1891 he experimented with an Edison dictating machine but concluded that "you can't write literature with it."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Van Dusen himself, likely as not, "takes his desk home" to catch up on his correspondence after dinner, with the help of a dictating machine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stenographers can nod sometimes, even with the accuracy of the dictating machine.

From More Toasts by Marion Dix Mosher

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