Hey not sure if anyone has any information or can help me but I work at a dispatch center and we have some very old "dictabelt" recordings from fire department transmissions in the 60's we are looking at getting transferred to a digital audio files. Is anyone aware of a company that has the ability to do this?
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A resource below. My Dad brought one of these home from work to dictate memo's many many years ago.
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This company seems to have a more advanced playback machine.
www.endpointaudio.com
Endpoint Cylinder Transfer Machine — Endpoint Audio Labs
The Endpoint Cylinder and Dictabelt Machine
www.endpointaudio.com
Awesome I sent them an email to see if they can do it!This company seems to have a more advanced playback machine.
Endpoint Cylinder Transfer Machine — Endpoint Audio Labs
The Endpoint Cylinder and Dictabelt Machine
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George Blood Audio outside Philadelphia does a great job with these. Can you tell us what department is recorded on these, just out of curiosity?
Thank you, And it would be Amherst Fire Control, dispatch center for 16 different volunteer agencies in the suburbs or Buffalo NY
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Also out of curiosity, considering the timeliness of the transcription, doing it for posterities sake or something special on the recordings?
I think a few might have significant structure fire recordings but mostly for nostalgic purposes, preserving our fire history here that kinda thing.
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