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Re: Digital voice recorders for oral history interviews



Is it possible to record from tapes to digital for better transcribing?
Is it even worth trying? I am working on a number of tapes recorded as
long ago as the 70s.

Molly
Maidean@hotmail.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Baird, Cathleen D" <CDBaird@CENTRAL.UH.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2002 11:49 am
Subject: Digital voice recorders for oral history interviews

>
> 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
>
> Tel: 713.743.2470   E-mail: CBaird@uh.edu
>
>
>
>

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