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At 10:21 AM 10/21/98 +0100, you wrote: >Apologies if this is a question that's already been discussed on this list. > >Has anyone used micro-disks for recording interviews? We're going to be >recording one-to-one interviews with prisoners and then transcribing them. >I've checked out the recording machines and the quality seems good (price >about 200 stlg each). I understand you can then use the micro disk in a >computer which has sound so that you just play the MD and type what you >hear without needing a separate transcribing machine. Presumably, you have >to have a computer which accepts MDs.... The trick is getting a computer to simulate the important features of a good transcription machine (e.g., auto-reverse, rate control, pitch control, etc.). Christian Nelson Dr. Christian K. Nelson Communication Department, Machmer Hall Box 34815 University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003-4815 USA 413/545-6345 [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%