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	Dictation can refer to: Dictation (exercise) Dictation (exercise) "Dict?e" redirects here. For the book by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, see Dictee.Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken.... , when one person speaks while another person transcribes what is spoken. A dictation machine Dictation machine A dictation machine is a sound recording device most commonly used to record Speech communication for later playback or to be typed into print.... , a device used to record this speech for transcription Transcription (linguistics) Transcription is the conversion into written, typewritten or printed form, of a spoken language source, such as the proceedings of a court hearing.... . Dictaphone Dictaphone Dictaphone was an United States company, a producer of dictation machines?sound recording devices most commonly used to record Speech communication for later playback or to be typed into print.... , a company that manufactures these devices, and which are often known generically by this name. Digital dictation Digital dictation Digital dictation is a method of recording and editing the spoken word in real-time within a digital audio format.advantages:Digital dictation offers several advantages over traditional cassette tape based dictation:... , the use of digital electronic media for this purpose, and often computerized speech recognition Speech recognition Speech recognition converts spoken words to machine-readable input . The term "voice recognition" is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to speech recognition, when actually referring to speaker recognition, which attempts to identify the person speaking, as opposed to what is being said.... . Music dictation, an ear training exercise in which the student copies down music while listening to it.