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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
A '''Pocket Transcriber''' is a small computer with an integrated microphone and dedicated voice-recognition software. These computers can record dictation or record and convert it into text, with internal memory space for six hours or 100,000 words of text. It also incorporates a printer for printing dictation as spoken. If saved as text the data can be uploaded to a [[personal computer]] or, as is the case with many interplanetary news reporters, directly to an [[HPG]] transmitter.<ref name="LT:TMWEGp104">''LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide'', p. 104, "Pocket Transcriber"</ref>
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A '''Pocket Transcriber''' is a small computer with an integrated microphone and dedicated voice-recognition software. These computers can record dictation or record and convert it into text, with internal memory space for six hours or 100,000 words of text. It also incorporates a printer for printing dictation as spoken. If saved as text the data can be uploaded to a [[personal computer]] or, as is the case with many interplanetary news reporters, directly to an [[HPG]] transmitter.<ref name="LT:TMWEGp104">''LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide'', p. 104, "Pocket Transcriber"</ref>
  
 
== Rules ==
 
== Rules ==
 
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=== Specifications ===
 
=== Specifications ===
 
: '''Item''': Pocket Transcriber<ref name="AToWp303">''A Time of War'', p. 303, "Computers - Table"</ref>
 
: '''Item''': Pocket Transcriber<ref name="AToWp303">''A Time of War'', p. 303, "Computers - Table"</ref>
 
: '''Equipment Ratings''': C/A-B-B/A
 
: '''Equipment Ratings''': C/A-B-B/A
 
: '''Cost''': 200
 
: '''Cost''': 200
: '''Affilation''': None
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: '''Affiliation''': None
 
: '''Mass''': 500g
 
: '''Mass''': 500g
 
: '''Notes''': Portable; Requires [[micro power pack]] (.5 Power Point per Hour); Speech-to-Text Transcription and Playback only
 
: '''Notes''': Portable; Requires [[micro power pack]] (.5 Power Point per Hour); Speech-to-Text Transcription and Playback only

Latest revision as of 17:36, 16 April 2017

Description[edit]

A Pocket Transcriber is a small computer with an integrated microphone and dedicated voice-recognition software. These computers can record dictation or record and convert it into text, with internal memory space for six hours or 100,000 words of text. It also incorporates a printer for printing dictation as spoken. If saved as text the data can be uploaded to a personal computer or, as is the case with many interplanetary news reporters, directly to an HPG transmitter.[1]

Rules[edit]

Specifications[edit]

Item: Pocket Transcriber[2]
Equipment Ratings: C/A-B-B/A
Cost: 200
Affiliation: None
Mass: 500g
Notes: Portable; Requires micro power pack (.5 Power Point per Hour); Speech-to-Text Transcription and Playback only

References[edit]

  1. LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide, p. 104, "Pocket Transcriber"
  2. A Time of War, p. 303, "Computers - Table"

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