Picocassette
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Picocassette is an audio storage medium introduced by Dictaphone
in collaboration with JVC
in 1985. It is approximately half the size of the previous Microcassette
, and was intended for highly portable dictation
devices. With a tape speed of 9 mm/s
, each cassette could hold up to 60 minutes of dictation.
Dictaphone
Dictaphone was an American company, a producer of dictation machines—sound recording devices most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print. The name "Dictaphone" is a trademark, but in some places it has also become a common way to refer to all such devices, and...
in collaboration with JVC
JVC
, usually referred to as JVC, is a Japanese international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded in 1927...
in 1985. It is approximately half the size of the previous Microcassette
Microcassette
A Microcassette is an audio storage medium introduced by Olympus in 1969. It uses the same width of magnetic tape as the Compact Cassette but in a much smaller container. By using thinner tape and half or a quarter the tape speed, microcassettes can offer comparable recording time to the compact...
, and was intended for highly portable dictation
Dictation
Dictation can refer to:*Dictation , when one person speaks while another person transcribes what is spoken.*A dictation machine, a device used to record speech for transcription....
devices. With a tape speed of 9 mm/s
Second
The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock....
, each cassette could hold up to 60 minutes of dictation.