10 Best Voice Recorders and Transcribers for Recording
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Out of thousands of reviews for 111 products, over 800 people recommended Voice Recorders and Transcribers specifically for Recording. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Olympus VN4100PC Digital
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$30 - $90
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46 People Recommend
"overall, i find it meets my needs for voice activation, pc download, duration of recording and battery life.…" - Amazon.com User "this is a good product and at high quality the recording is quite decent…" - Amazon.com User "it gets a little frustrating, when i stop it temporarily from recording and then start it again it'll start a whole new file which makes it little tricky when i put my recordings onto my computer.…" - Amazon.com User |
Edirol R-09 Handheld Digital
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$270 - $400
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44 People Recommend
"i use it for recording voice tracks for professional radio productions and for recording wild sound in my neighborhood.…" - "cosmorochester" at Bhphotovideo.com "i use this product for wedding/event recording as a supplement and backup to my direct to camera/wireless recording.…" - "bbazala" at Bhphotovideo.com "totally awesome product with best sound imaginable - my daughter uses it for both voice, violin, and group music recordings.…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus RECORDER
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$70 - $106
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37 People Recommend
"the recordings were clear and it was easy to use.…" - Thenerds.net User "i was impressed with the recording power it has for the small size.…" - Bestbuy.com User "when purchasing the recorder, the specs said mp3 and wma file formats so we assumed you could change the recording format.…" - Bestbuy.com User |
Olympus DS-30 Handheld Digital
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$90 - $150
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31 People Recommend
"i bought this (my first) voice recorder because it offered a stereo mic at the best price, and looked like it had potential for recording my live music rehearsals with electric guitars and drum…" - Compuplus.com User "also, when i record from my keyboard, the recording on the sony was pretty bad (granted it was lower model-i heardthe more expensive sony models have very good pickup also).…" - Bestbuy.com User "the only downside i have found so far, is that when the ds30 is recording, you do not what to move it in anyway.…" - AllenG from Lincoln, NE at Circuitcity.com |
KB Gear Jam It Handheld Digital
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$9
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25 People Recommend
"totally awesome product with best sound imaginable - my daughter uses it for both voice, violin, and group music recordings.…" - Amazon.com User "however, can someone tell me besides getting the edirol r-09 recorder, what else do i need to get for recording music and transfer it to the computer and become mp3 file?…" - Amazon.com User "the only thing it lacks is multi-channel recording, as in surround-sound.…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus VN-2100PC
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$27 - $60
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22 People Recommend
"worthy of notetaking.i recommend if you need to record in a loud place for 11 hours or more, get the vn3100pc recorder to record in hq or xhq for better sound quality and longer recording time.…" - Circuitcity.com User "the recorder is easy on batteries and makes good voice recordings, but you may need to buy an external mike depending on what it is you intend to record.…" - Amazon.com User "my only gripe with this recorder is that it does not have a lock feature to prevent accidental deletion of recordings.…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus VN 4100PC
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19 People Recommend
"i like that it has so many folders for me to store the different recordings though i have haven't needed to fill all of them.…" - GradStu from Atlanta, GA at Circuitcity.com "downloading the recordings to a pc is very simple (with the help of the software that is included with the recorder).…" - from at Circuitcity.com "i like everything about the recorder except you cannot burn the recordings to a cd after you download to the software included with the recorder.…" - Ghansen from Bountiful, UT at Circuitcity.com |
Sony ICD-P320 Handheld Digital
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$85
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15 People Recommend
"the software comes with it lets you convert on your computer voice recordings into wave files but not mp3.…" - Circuitcity.com User "i've used it at work for recording notes and training sessions.…" - Circuitcity.com User "the voice quality recording is high quality.…" - Circuitcity.com User |
Olympus DS-40 Handheld Digital
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$86 - $170
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14 People Recommend
"i tried it out with some friends and so far it creates much better recordings than my old tape recorder, but i have yet to see what will happen when i'm actually out "in the field." nevertheless, it…" - Compuplus.com User "-recording quality is great even at hq (one step lower than xq, highest quality setting).-user interface is very intuitive, buttons are large and easy to "feel around" without actually looking at the…" - Beachaudio.com User "i made it through 48 hours of recording so far on the original battery and is still going strong.…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus VN-3100PC
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$70
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9 People Recommend
"this bad boy is everything i need - with 5+ hours of xhq recording and direct to pc dumping i never miss a beat when i need it.…" - Circuitcity.com User "while it does not have crystal clear sound, it is certainly good enough at the highest quality while still allowing over 5 hours of recording time.…" - Circuitcity.com User "the soung recording quality is good......…" - Circuitcity.com User |
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