Examples from literature

• But to talk into the metallic receiver of amechanical dictaphone has an almost ridiculous air. 
• Explain the operation of a dictaphone. 
• I press this button, start a dictaphone, and talk in any direction, anywhere. 
• I sighed for a dictaphone in which the original Dutch-English might be recorded for the delight of others. 
• In using the dictaphone, one can do much better work if one is in a room where there is little or nothing to distract attention.