Transcription machine
Posted By: tootired on 2006-09-29
In Reply to: cphone - violet
from Dictaphone, or there are other manufacturers you can program to work like C-phone. It kind of looks like a phone with a handpiece and numerical pad, but you use it to dial in to access the dictation. I hope this helps.
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