Guest guest Posted September 6, 1999 Report Share Posted September 6, 1999 Heidi - in the past when I have worked with these hand-held, battery operated dictaphones, the symptoms you describe have been usually due to battery problems. The batteries that they recently placed into the machines could possibly have been old. However, if buying fresh batteries does not work, then they might need cleaning. Unless they have been dropped, the machines that I worked with were very sturdy and have few mechanical problems. When they did have problems, it was not something that required long-term repair and loaners were able to be found. Good luck - I know how frustrating that can be!! It sounds as if you are going to have to repeat your requests to the docs. Carol V. >>> Heidi Nick 09/06 3:03 PM >>> The docs I work for use the hand-held, battery powered dictaphones. Recently the dictation has been alternating between clear and understandable words, then totally garbled static-type sounds that vaguely sound like words. I believe he recently replaced the batteries, and they bought a bunch of brand new cassettes also. The dictaphones are about 6 years old and I doubt they are actually brand-name dictaphones, I'm using that word generically, they were actually the on-sale special at Staples and I don't know what the brand name is. Is it time to get a new dictaphone? Or is it just the batteries or cassettes? Would cleaning the unit help? (I've suggested getting their recorders cleaned/serviced and even tried to coax them by suggesting that they could probably get a loaner in the meantime so they wouldn't be totally unable to dictate, but they don't seem too motivated to do this, even when I send back reports with sections missing!) Thanks for any suggestions from anyone who's been in this situation! Heidi -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heidi Nick in New York visit my quilts and family at: http://www.geocities.com/~heidinick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MyPoints-Free Rewards When You're Online. Start with up to 150 Points for joining! http://clickhere./click/805 NMTC Web Page - http://go.to/nmtc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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