...it is possible that the .wav format is one form of PCM or LPCM. Is this true?
Strictly speaking the answer is 'no', but in practice it's probably 'yes'. That seeming contradiction is explained by the fact that WAV is the Windows
file format, which contains (L)PCM
audio data ('bitstream'); the equivalent Mac file format is AIFF.
The real question you want to have answered is to which file format(s) that Sony can output its recordings.
This Sony product page states that supported
playback formats are MP3, WMA and AAC (m4a), but also that the '
recording quality of the unit has been optimized and validated by Nuance to work with the Voice to Print Dragon NaturallySpeaking® software'.
So these output formats are compressed, but will likely work with Dragon Dictate as well.
