dictating machine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dictating machine
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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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
"You ought to try a dictating machine," I suggested.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus we reported that Pope Pius XI, a scholar, took special delight in mechanical contraptions and gladly accepted the gift of a dictating machine from Thomas Edison.
From Time Magazine Archive
He cannot abide a dictating machine, and so writes his memos with his left hand, longhand.
From Time Magazine Archive
The brain may also be likened to the cylinder or disk used in a dictating machine and in phonographs, and a thought likened to the needle making the original record.
From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Scott, Walter Dill
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