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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1976
Fred C Bolick, Jr, Atlanta, GA (US);
Theodore Titus IV, Atlanta, GA (US);
Lanier Business Products, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Dictation system including a dictation recording and transcribing unit which utilizes two discrete recording media for recording a first dictated message on one recording medium at the same time that a previously recorded second message can be transcribed from the other recording medium. Each of the two recording media, which are tape cassettes in the disclosed embodiment, is manipulated by separate and independent medium-handling devices within the dictation unit. The dictation unit, which is intended to be located at a transcribing location and interconnected with one or more remotely-located dictate stations, includes the audio and control functions necessary for recording dictation and for transcribing previously-recorded dictation, and these audio and control functions can be interchanged between either of the two recording media. Transfer of the dictating and transcribing functions between the two recording media is accomplished by a single control, and safeguards are provided to prevent transcriber interference with the audio or control functions of the selected recording medium on which dictation is being currently recorded. The system allows the dictator to record selected information signals along with the audio messages being recorded on a selected recording medium, and playback of previously-recorded information signals provides operational control determined by the recording or transcribing function which is selected for the particular recording medium.