I did a search on Office Depot and they want a lot of money (~$240) for the transcriber unit. (Search for "transcriber" rather than "dictaphone" -- distaphone gets you the recording part of the device.) My Ebay search turned up a ton of items priced ludicrously high and unbelievably low.
As to getting up to speed, they're very easy to learn. I was comfortable with it inside of five minutes.
I wonder if there's some sort of place that deals in old, crunchy office supplies. You don't need a modern, shiny one. An old clunky heavy thing from the 1980s or even earlier would do the trick.
Do watch out for cassette size. Most of the ones I see on Ebay and Office Depot are for micro cassette. I don't know if that's what you have.
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As to getting up to speed, they're very easy to learn. I was comfortable with it inside of five minutes.
I wonder if there's some sort of place that deals in old, crunchy office supplies. You don't need a modern, shiny one. An old clunky heavy thing from the 1980s or even earlier would do the trick.
Do watch out for cassette size. Most of the ones I see on Ebay and Office Depot are for micro cassette. I don't know if that's what you have.