What is a digital voice recorder? It is a device that converts sound, such as speech and other sounds, into a digital file that can be moved from one electronic device to another, played back by a computer, tablet or smartphone and stored like any other digital file.

How does digital audio typing work?

The process begins when the author dictates into a digital voice recorder, much the same way they would dictate into any handheld voice recorder. When finished, the author simply uploads the files from their digital voice recorder to their computer. ... The user then saves the files to the directory of their choice.

What does a digital transcriber do?

The job of a transcriptionist is to listen to an audio recording and transcribe it into text in a document, usually a digital document rather than a handwritten one. However transcription can also refer to the physical notation of music or sounds from an animal or from another source.