3. A method of operating a dictation transcribing system characterized by the steps of: a. receiving voice dictation signals representing one or more spoken words from a dictation terminal, b. segmenting said dictation signals into time sequential voice dictation segments each consisting of one or more words, c. assigning and transmitting the first voice dictation segment from a dictation terminal to any one of a plurality of transcriber terminals, d. storing said assignment as an entry in an assignment table, e. assigning and transmitting subsequent voice dictation segments from said dictation terminal to a non-busy transcriber terminal assigned to said dictation terminal in accordance with the entry in said assignment table and when said assigned transcriber terminal is busy assigning and transmitting to an unassigned transcriber terminal which assignment is entered in said assignment table, f. transcribing voice dictation segments into transcription signals at the assigned transcriber terminal and g. assembling the transcription signals from the transcriber terminals according to the segment assignments.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein said assigning step (c) includes the step of: assigning an unassigned transcriber terminal to a first voice dictation segment from a dictator terminal having no assigned transcriber terminal.