Dictation display device

In a dictation recording system including a dictate station, said dictate station including means for generating an end signal and a means for recording on a record medium said end signal delimiting the end of a segment of dictation, motion signal means for providing a motion signal in response to an increment of said record medium moving past a predetermined reference point, a transport for selectively moving said record medium in a forward direction and a reverse direction, and an end mark detector for detecting a previously-recorded end signal and providing a detected end signal,

• an improved display apparatus for said dictation station for maintaining a visual representation of the location of said reference point within the present one of a plurality of segments of dictation on said record medium, comprising:
• direction detecting means for providing a forward signal when said record medium is moving in said forward direction and a reverse signal when said record medium is moving in said reverse direction;
• up/down counting means responsive to said motion signal, said forward signal, and said reverse signal, said counting means being incremented upon each concurrence of said motion signal and said forward signal and decremented upon each concurrence of said motion signal and said reverse signal;
• display means connected to said counting means for displaying the count maintained by said counting means as said visual representation of the location of said reference point within the present dictation segment;
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• control means responsive to said detected end signal and said reverse signal for rendering said counting means unresponsive to increment and decrement upon the exit from said present one of a plurality of segments of dictation when moving said record medium in said reverse direction,
• said inhibit means being further responsive to said detected end signal and said forward signal for rendering said counting means responsive to increment and decrement upon the reentry of said present one of said plurality of segments of dictation when moving said record medium in said forward direction,
• whereby said display means is rendered inoperative to display the location of said reference point upon the exit in the reverse direction from the present segment of dictation and until the return in the forward directon to the present segment.