Tape vs Digital - Who Will Win?

In the world of transcription, digital is CHAMP!

While at first glance cassette tapes may seem easier to deal with, they have numerous disadvantages. Tapes are very fragile because they can get stretched very easily making it impossible to hear them clearly. The speaker will either sound like Mickey Mouse on speed or someone talking in extreme slow motion. Either way, it adds up to garbage and cannot be transcribed. Also, cassette tape cases are breakable and there is virtually no way to repair them to a point where they can be played back properly. Then there is the hassle of moving tapes from person to person. Standard mail is slow and has, of late, had a poor track record for dependability.

Digital, on the other hand, has none of those disadvantages. It cannot be stretched, physically broken and is extremely easy to move around. The other added benefit is that the recording quality is highly superior to tape. So if you are trying to decide whether or not the nominal investment for a digital recorder is worth it or not, the answer is unequivocally YES!