The digital dictaphone, the ultimate legal tool!

Since the advent of digital dictation, the dictaphone has become increasingly popular, and is becoming a real professional tool.
However, the choice of model depends on the intended use.
Today, digital dictation tools are mainly used in the legal and medical professions.
Indeed, professionals in these sectors often need rapid transcriptions to cope with an overload of activity.
Thanks to these tools, they can have their work transcribed by secretaries, or even outsource transcription work to specialized companies.
And what about confidentiality?
In today’s environment, informed professionals can’t ignore the risks posed by data theft on the Internet, as it’s difficult to transmit highly confidential recordings over the Web.
That’s why dictaphone manufacturers have developed products adapted to today’s uses, enabling secure encryption of private and confidential data.

The choice of a professional dictaphone will depend on a number of criteria that you should take into account according to your needs.
Here are just a few of them:

• Depending on your experience, a handy, easy-to-use tool is more or less recommended.
• Autonomy should also be a criterion of choice, depending on how you want to use it and how long you want to record.
• The device’s memory, like its autonomy, can be an indicator of the choice you’ll make.
• If your business requires you to make a lot of recordings, it’s sometimes useful to be able to delete or replay them directly on the device. Check that the one you choose allows you to do this.
• It may be a good idea to check whether the instrument you are considering is compatible with your existing hardware (computer, operating system…).

We’d like to recommend the most famous dictaphone of the moment for its apparently unrivalled autonomy. Although it seems to have an annoying tendency to switch itself on without its owner knowing, this would be in bad taste and we promised to present you with a digital model… so here’s the reference dictaphones on the market, whether you’re in the legal, medical (or political!) field…
We recommend the Philips DPM8000.
This dictaphone is one of the most advanced tools on the market for professional digital recording.
This tool has truly been designed to facilitate professional use and the relationship between direct users and transcriptionists.

Today’s cell phone isn’t just for making calls, it’s your camera, your MP3 player, your stopwatch and maybe even your toaster if you’ve got the right app… so why not use your smartphone when it comes to recording?
Of course, it’s possible.
Most mobiles on the market offer a practical, easy-to-use dictaphone function.
Recordings can even be highly satisfactory, depending on the device used.
So, yes… however powerful your smartphone’s camera may be, a photographer will use a SLR because it’s his or her work tool and was developed for professional use.
A legal professional will appreciate the performance of a digital dictaphone because it offers exclusive functions such as confidential data encryption, useful for professions governed by professional secrecy.
And what if an application could bring these functions to your phone?
That’s the case with Frisbee iSpeech, which lets you manage your voice streams and make transcription work easier, thanks to recordings you can take from your smartphone or from a conventional dictaphone, depending on your preferences!