![]() In fact, dictation can be an effective time-saving technique once you get the hang of it. With advances in technology, dictation has become much more than simply a way to draft documents and for drafting documents it has become a much more efficient process. Before computing, this workflow was both commonplace in the legal industry.įortunately, we have moved far, far away from my father’s model with the advent of digital dictation. Of course, when he concluded, he would give the cassette to his assistant who would then transcribe the document by listening and typing, having to. ![]() He’d pace around his office (or, our living room) pushing buttons to start and stop the recording, and ever so often include a note to his assistant. When my father first began practicing law, he used (and, maybe still does) a handheld recorder containing a mini cassette tape to dictate documents in his law practice. Regardless, I couldn’t resist an attempt to defy traditional gender stereotypes with my title. OK, so I doubt my mother used dictation back in the day, but my father certainly did.
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