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Looking for Home-based MT equipment - daisy

Posted: Nov 30, 2011

I am looking to transcribe at home but need to start with basics such as phone line, equipment, etc. Has anyone ever set up a 1-line dictator setup. Where do I start? What do I need? Doctor has no idea. He has Dragon and does not like it so wants me to transcribe at home? HELP!!

I would go with a Dictaphone setup - Only because they offer support

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It may be pricey, but I think it is so worth it. Otherwise, he can start with hand-held recorder that records on microcassettes, and you get a microcassette transcriber (sp?) machine until you guys figure out how you want to go. They come with a foot pedal and headphones. You might even be able to buy one cheap on this site (see classifieds). I don't know much about Lanier, never used it. I think its similar to Dictaphone. There are also systems where he can dial in, dictate over the phone, and you can get the dictation over the phone as well (kinda like a Dictaphone set-up, but without dictating and transcribing machines). It really all depends on how much money he wants to spend. He or she might not be willing to spend too much, being that he just wasted money on Dragon.

So he doesn't like Dragon, huh? They make it look so easy on TV. Even I was tempted to try it. I still might. It just looks like fun!

Anyway, good luck. Hope I didn't confuse you too much LOL.

I use Cloud dictation for my doctors - works like a breeze and - sm

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The can call in from any phone and it's very reasonable. Here's the link: http://www.clouddictation.com/dial-in-dictation/services/

Equipment - luckyladyinca

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I first used a digital recorder with special adapters for a small call-in system, and then went with DVI and another system. Now I have a DigiTel dictation system, which is upgradable to more ports if you land extra clients. It has 4 components, using FTP, DigiScribe, Report Genie for line counting if needed, and DigiAlert, which sends you emails when dictation arrives besides the audible alert. I also purchased a SoundBlaster external sound card and Toolbox 6 media kit for dictation enhancement/cleanup.

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