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Dictaphone

American  
[dik-tuh-fohn] / ˈdɪk təˌfoʊn /
Trademark.
  1. a brand name for a dictating machine.


Dictaphone British  
/ ˈdɪktəˌfəʊn /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Jamie Oliver said he recorded his first books on a Dictaphone instead of writing them down because of his struggles with dyslexia.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2023

One afternoon at work, for instance, Emma’s secretary awkwardly approaches her to explain that she can’t transcribe the letters that Emma has left for her on a Dictaphone.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022

He kept up a voluminous correspondence, which meant many hours speaking into his beloved treadle-activated Dictaphone.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019

Kennedy reached for the Dictaphone sitting on the table behind him to record his private thoughts.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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