Of course, if you're using a transcriptionist, you have to make sure he or she has the equipment to play back from digital media. Most of the transcriptionists in my area who were willing to accept what I could afford to pay them could only use a standard size cassette, which is why I bought the old-fashioned type of recorder. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Cadman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: Re: audio recording equipment > hello, > I used a sony minidisc recorder, which has very clear quality. most minidiscs > have several useful features which you may want to consider for recording. > one is the option of long play recording, so you could either record x2 or x4 > the amount of time on a minidisc (standard is 80 minutes I think). the other > thing you can do is to set track times before you record, which allows you to set > markers along the recording, e.g. every 3, 5, 10, 15 minutes. this allows you > to jump ahead to tracks when you are playing back, or select certain tracks > to listen to, just like a cd player. >