Best Voice Recorders and Transcribers for Notes

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Olympus VN4100PC Digital

$103.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this little olympus recorder is an outstanding machine for what it was intended to do; take notes.
from www.amazon.com
for anyone who previously enjoyed the simple voice-it recorder which has been unavailable for years, this is the next best thing for recording notes to oneself.
from www.amazon.com
made a couple of short recordings using hq mode - next to highest - before realizing not a "pc" unit, and they sounded just fine, at least for voice notes.
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i used it as a backup to take notes in conferences and training sessions.
from www.amazon.com
all my notes are lost!!!

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Positives: Easy To Use, Compact, Nice Sound Quality, Recording Media: Digital

2 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for NOTES

Sony ICDB600 512 MB

$40.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
still, i carry it with me at all times and use it to record reminder notes.
from www.amazon.com
it is not too big and bulky, but packed with plenty of memory to handle all the notes needed.
from www.amazon.com
just think,i won't have to write myself notes all the time.
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2) the notes do not repeat 10 times to erase.

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Positives: Compact, Large Capacity, Good Sound Quality, Recording Media: Digital

3 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for NOTES

Olympus VN-4100 256 MB

$63.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
for anyone who previously enjoyed the simple voice-it recorder which has been unavailable for years, this is the next best thing for recording notes to oneself.
from www.amazon.com
this little olympus recorder is an outstanding machine for what it was intended to do; take notes.
from www.amazon.com
i used it as a backup to take notes in conferences and training sessions.
from www.amazon.com
(after i dropped it the third time, i bought a neck strap so that i can now easily use it when driving, walking, etc.) i use it only for making mental notes/reminders.
from www.amazon.com
this is turning out to be a great little recorder for taking notes while i am out and about or working.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Compact, Great Sound Quality, Recording Media: Digital

4 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for NOTES

Sony ICDSX68DR9

$235.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i installed the software, made a test recording, transferred the file, read the provided passage for voice recognition, and the software started transcribing my notes with a fair degree of accuracy.
from www.amazon.com
i use it for grading/annotating papers (professor), writing blog entries, and transcribing meeting notes.
from www.amazon.com
a couple of notes of caution: it is quite sensitive to movement noise, so if holding it while recording you have to be careful to keep it still.

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Positives: Large Capacity, Long Battery Life, Recording Media: Digital, Design: Handheld

5 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for NOTES

Olympus DS-40 Handheld Digital

$135.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.compuplus.com
i'm hoping this little device will redress these complaints and make it easier to anlayse the recordings, make notes, etc.
from www.amazon.com
i am in business school and experience difficulties simultaneously taking notes for two hours straight and absorbing all of the professors' dictated material.
from www.beachaudio.com
pros: built to tolerate abuse, compact design, great recording quality, intuitive user interface, long battery life, plenty of feaures, reliable cons: cost, external mic feels flimsy, mediocre mp3
from www.amazon.com
note that a bottom level unit, like the olympus vn-1000, which i once owned, works well for short audio notes, but has a huge short-coming, compared to the units i mention above.
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other notes ...

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Compact, Recording Media: Digital

Olympus RECORDER

$68.00 Est. at Amazon

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it turned out to be the best thing i could have done, it helped me recording long hours of classes with very high quality, and could review, upgrade and complete my course notes afterwards extremely
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he is also a college student and uses it for lecture notes.
from www.amazon.com
great for making notes as you drive.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Sound Quality, Large Capacity, Recording Media: Digital

Olympus DS-30 Handheld Digital

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
from recording testimony, notes to myself in case building, to recording lectures and live music (i am in a band)......
from www.amazon.com
although i take a lot of paper notes, knowing that the recorder is going allows me to get more detail.
from www.amazon.com
i generally use them to record my classes so that i can take notes later.
from www.amazon.com
i already have an olympus i use for taking notes in my car.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Large Capacity, Easy To Use, Recording Media: Digital

Audiovox RP5130

$45.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
so i ride to work and use it to listen to notes or podcasts at fast speed.
from www.amazon.com
i'm using this recorder for work notes, sometimes record busy meetings.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Compact, Nice Portability, Recording Media: Digital

Olympus WS-110

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from www.bestbuy.com
keep it handy while driving or doing other multi-tasking activities to record thoughts, things to do, notes to make, things to tell someone else, etc.
from www.amazon.com
what agreat item -it allows me to make some notes for myself/bring work home and visa/versa...and odly enough i use it while driving and hearing an interesting commercial - i pick up my unit and

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Large Capacity

Olympus RECORDER

$159.00 Est. at Amazon

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for work, i travel a lot and work in conditions that it would be better to record my notes instead written them down on a piece of paper.
from www.amazon.com
i can record all the trash talk in my office or even important notes to myself--all with one aaa batery, and a built in usb plugin that is just incredible.
from www.amazon.com
i go back and take notes.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Sound Quality, Compact, Recording Media: Digital

Sony ICD-UX80 2048 MB

$107.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i bought this to create podcasts and make voice notes so having it play/record in mp3 was a main criteria for buying it.
from www.amazon.com
i used this for taking audio notes during my classes and find that it works great.
from www.amazon.com
i purchased the icd-ux70 because i need a way to take quick notes at work and my wife wants a recorder that she can use while she teaches from time to time.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Long Battery Life, Recording Media: Digital

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