Upload activates features of a dictation machine

A dictation and transcription system having at least one dictating machine (1) for the recording and playback of verbal texts, having electro-acoustic transducers (4, 5), a recording- and playback circuit (20) and at least one manually operated control switch (8, 9) for recording, playback, stop, fast forward and fast rewind, and having a separate computer unit (12), characterized in that the computer unit (12) is designed for compiling a configuration of individual setup information for the dictating machine (1), and characterized in that the dictating machine (1) is provided with electronic function control means (24) and associated setup memory means (25) for the storage of individual setup information supplied by the computer unit (12) by way of connection means (26).

A method for the setting of functions of a dictating machine (1), characterized in that the dictating machine (1) is connected to a separate computer unit (12), on which individual setup information is defined, which is then fed to electronic function control means (24) with associated setup memory means (25) provided in the dictating machine (1), and stored in the setup memory means (25).