Picocassette

Picocassette
Media type	Magnetic tape
Encoding	Analog signal
Capacity	60 minutes
Read mechanism	Tape head
Write mechanism	Magnetic recording head
Usage	Dictation

Picocassette is an audio storage medium introduced by Dictaphone in collaboration with JVC in 1985. It is approximately half the size of the previous Microcassette, and was intended for highly portable dictation devices. With a tape speed of 9 millimeters per second, each cassette could hold up to 60 minutes of dictation.^[1]

References

↑ "Technology: The Tiniest Tape Ever " May 27, 1985, Time.com, Retrieved 2010-04-06

External links

Image of a Picocassette (including ruler and Compact Cassette for comparison), at the Cassette Recorder Museum

Physical audio recording formats

Analog	Phonautogram (1857) Phonograph cylinder (1877) Gramophone record (1894) Wire recording (1898) Sound-on-film (1919) Tefifon (1936) Reel-to-reel tape (1940s) SoundScriber (1945) Gray Audograph (1945) Dictabelt (1947) LP record (1948) 45 rpm record (1949) On-the-ribs recordings (late 1940s) RCA tape cartridge (1958) Fidelipac (1959) Stereo-Pak (1962) Compact Cassette (1963) 8-track (1964) PlayTape (1966) Mini-Cassette (1967) Microcassette (1969) Steno-Cassette (1971) Elcaset (1976) Picocassette (1985)

Digital	Soundstream (1976) X80/ProDigi (1980) Compact disc (1982) DASH (1982) Digital Audio Tape (1987) ADAT (1991) MiniDisc (1992) NT (1992) Digital Compact Cassette (1992) DA-88 (1993) High Definition Compatible Digital (1995) 5.1 Music Disc (1997) Super Audio CD (1999) DVD-Audio (2000) USB flash drive (as audio format) (2004) Hi-MD (2004) slotMusic (2008) BD-Audio (2008) HFPA (2013)

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