Best Voice Recorders and Transcribers for Quality

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Olympus RECORDER

$135.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
in the latter the quality of the audio is really amazing, you can definitely hear how good it is (lots of depth).
from www.amazon.com
this recorder is fantastic and the quality of the recordings are great.
from A Customer from Westerly, RI, clickfrom.buy.com
it is like your telephone answering machine in terms of quality.
from lucidlemur, www.shopping.com
pros: small and light, great recording quality, easy file transfer
from LordKev from Florida, www.circuitcity.com
excellent quality sound, reproduces great sound & has many features to cut background sounds.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for QUALITY

Olympus DS-30 Handheld Digital

$95.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this voice recorder offers extremely high quality voice recording, it records over 70 hours.
from www.amazon.com
in short, this is a very high quality, easy to use (but powerful if you need it) dedicated audio recorder.
from www.compuplus.com
not only can you get high quality but you get stereo high quality (shq setting).
from www.compuplus.com
recordings are of high quality both indoor and outdoors.
from www.buydig.com
it really easy to use and has multiple quality levels to suit what you want it for.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for QUALITY

Olympus RECORDER

$74.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i use this recorder for musical lessons, piano and voices, excelent overall quality.
from www.newegg.com
6 quality choices.
from A Customer from Princeton, NJ, clickfrom.buy.com
excellent quality at the highest setting.
from www.amazon.com
it's easy to use, and the quality of recorded file is really good.
from www.amazon.com
i was concerned about the quality, performance and integrity of switching to digital but after reading some of the other reviews, i gambled on getting this olympus unit.

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 16 people for QUALITY

Olympus VN4100PC Digital

$54.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i used it only on the highest quality setting and everything was clear, much better than any tape recorder.
from www.amazon.com
great product- excellent recording and playback quality.
from maletec, www.shopping.com
the bottom line: an excellent product but the prospective buyer should be made aware that the xhq extra high quality is bogus.
from Mark E. from Minnesota, clickfrom.buy.com
the downside includes poor speaker quality and not stereo for headphones/ear pieces.
from doglover from Dallas TX, clickfrom.buy.com
the quality of record is not very good as i thought.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for QUALITY

Olympus DS-40 Handheld Digital

$120.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.compuplus.com
my old tape recorder was a good one but the quality of the recording depended heavily on the setting of the interview-- and rarely do we have perfect conditions for interviews.
from www.amazon.com
excellent product - i'm very happy with the recording quality as well with overall appearance.
from www.beachaudio.com
-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
from www.compuplus.com
recording quality is great, 3 options : lecture, conference, dictation.
from www.amazon.com
in high quality recoding (mono) i easily am able to record 12+ hours of lecture.

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

Olympus DS-50

$233.00 Est. at Amazon

from "Recorder Dude", www.bhphotovideo.com
best all around recorder/long battery life/high quality sound/compact, solid body, remote switch.
from www.amazon.com
the manual does not specify the most important quality difference between recording in stxq mode versus sthq.
from "solecist", www.bhphotovideo.com
it's humorous however that the mic is 4x the size of the recorder.[...] this unit is great to take along for basic audio recording at a high quality.
from "AoE", www.bhphotovideo.com
excellent recording for voice, low cut filter works well, quality built excellent

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Positives: Compact, Long Battery Life, Large Capacity, Recording Media: Digital

Olympus DS-2400

$250.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it provides the ability to record conversations under a variety of conditions with excellent quality.
from www.amazon.com
it has excellent recording quality.
from www.amazon.com
instead of having a limitedinternal memory, it comes with a 1 gb sd card, which give you roughly 75 hours in high quality.

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Positives: Large Capacity, Excellent Sound Quality, Nice Portability

Olympus WS-110

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from Notations, www.newegg.com
using the roxio for sound editing , converting to stereo greatly enhances the realistic quality.
from www.amazon.com
advantages: easy to use,great quality & long recording times.
from LK from Wisconsin, www.circuitcity.com
excellent build, quality, and control.
from dvrsound from Indianapolis, IN, www.circuitcity.com
the conference mode seems to be the clearest recording for me as it picks up well with decent quality.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?size, weight, no cord needed for usb connect what's not so great:?poor playback quality "good recording unit with ample selection of recording sensitivity.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Large Capacity

Olympus VN-4100 256 MB

$50.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i used it only on the highest quality setting and everything was clear, much better than any tape recorder.
from www.amazon.com
100% recommended, great price for a high quality recorder
from www.amazon.com
the quality of the audio is very good, you have to toggle the quality to see what works for you.
from www.amazon.com
the digital recorder has amazing features: you can slow down or increase the play back speed, index, and do other incredible things, and this unit has 256 meg of memory, so you can record for long
from www.amazon.com
i'm not sure the sound and recording quality is better than than the olympus model with the mp3 player, but i was told by olympus rep it's better.

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

Olympus WS-210S 512 MB

$58.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i was more concerned about the voice quality which is excellent.
from www.amazon.com
recording quality is superb!
from www.amazon.com
i am disappointed by the quality of the sound.
from www.amazon.com
i was not even using the highest quality setting for that.
from www.amazon.com
i felt the olympus models were rated slightly better than the competetors, and it was less expensive while having the same quality of features.

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

Sony ICD-UX80 2048 MB

$110.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
records in great quality, considering its price.
from www.amazon.com
i've used this primarily for recording live music and have been impressed by the quality of the recordings.
from www.amazon.com
if you looking for a quality you have to buy a external mic.
from www.amazon.com
battery life is short, interface (menu button) is non-intuitive and difficult to read and most of all, the mic quality leaves much to be desired.
from www.amazon.com
pretty good quality capture and plug-in to computer is a needed feature.

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

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