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Tablet? - sm

Posted: Apr 19, 2013

Forgive my ignorance, but I was wondering if anyone uses a tablet for transcription? I am assuming you would need an external keyboard, but I am not familiar enough with the newest technology. Are there headphone jacks and USB ports like laptops? I want to be more portable. Or is a laptop my only option? Thank you.

Best bet, perhap? - Empirelady

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Might be to contact your company's IT dept and find out what the computer requirements are for whatever programming they use. Then, you can pass that info on to a tech salesperson (I'd bypass Wallie World and any places like those) to see what a tablet's capabilities, etc. are. I'm not technie-literate enough to give an answer, but that is where I would start. :)

Using a tablet for transcription - ann on knee

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I believe the answer to that would be a resounding NO. Tablets for one thing, do not have memory that desktops or laptops do, nor do they have the speed or hard drive capabilities that a laptop or desktop would have. There are also no USB ports on a tablet, hence no way to use a footpedal. For a little bit more than the pice of a tablet, you can get a laptop computer.

I pretty much agree with this, - but you might try

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the Lenovo Yoga or that new Microsoft Surface tablet, which I think may have the computing power and USB ports. These do cost a lot though ($800 plus). Otherwise you are stuck with a laptop. I have used a net book with DQS and it worked well and was very portable and not very pricey, just no CD port.

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