--- Forwarded Message from Deanne Cobb <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: Deanne Cobb <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: [log in to unmask] >Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:04:35 -0600 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: transcription - modelling the dictaphone with modern equipment >Disposition-Notification-To: Deanne Cobb <[log in to unmask]> >Return-Receipt-To: Deanne Cobb <[log in to unmask]> >Priority: NORMAL I am digging up a question from the past which I am hoping someone will have an answer for. Bruce Parkhurst brought this question up in 2000, so Bruce, if you are out there (which I know you occassionally are still), maybe you can let me know what solution you found. I am looking for something to model the old dictaphone in the past, particuarly the ease and hands-free motion of the foot mechanism (or at least something that will make it easy to rewind/fast forward without slowing the process too much). As well, maybe something that has the capability of slowing the speed of the speech for linguistical research purposes? I have had an inquiry from an instructor with the First Nations University of Canada. Myself being unfamiliar myself with a dictaphone (yes, yes, I know, a young'un), I would even like some more information as to what people found were problems with the technology that they tried as replacements, because I'm bound not to fully understand the process or miss something important or unique in the dictaphone's functionalities. As always, thank you in advance for the assistance. Every member of this list is a gem. Deanne Cobb Language Lab Manager Language Resource Centre University of Regina