Is anyone using or exploring the use of
digital voice recorders for oral history interviews?
Explanation: There are now digital voice recorders
that incorporate 'Dragon' voice-to-print software for under $250.00.
You can download the OH interview to the computer -- you have both the digital
voice, and you can save-to-print using a word processing program such
as Microsoft word so that also gain a written transcript as
well. I suspect it would need editing/ perhaps heavy editing, but
you would not have to pay a transcriber....or use your limited time to perform
that initial transcribing task.
Cathleen
Cathleen Baird, M.A., Director &
Archivist Hospitality
Industry Archives 229
C.N. Hilton Hotel & College St., UH Houston, TX 77204-3028