10 Best Voice Recorders and Transcribers for Playback
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Out of thousands of reviews for 110 products, over 100 people recommended Voice Recorders and Transcribers specifically for Playback. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Olympus VN4100PC Digital
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$30 - $90
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9 People Recommend
"just make sure the playback volume is set to at least 15.…" - Amazon.com User "we ultimately chose this item because of one feature: the ability to speed up or slow down playback speed while you are listening!…" - Amazon.com User "the playback through the internal speaker is of rather poor quality.…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus VN-2100PC
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$27 - $60
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8 People Recommend
"i wanted quality sound playback for quick notes in my oil truck.…" - A Customer from Hartford CT at Buy.com "good sound quality on playback, even when i lay the recorder down on my desk while transcribing notes; even better if you download to a pc and playback thru speakers.…" - Amazon.com User "once on your computer the file can be found in the organization/playback program that comes with the recorder and also in the my documents folder under olympus.…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus RECORDER
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$70 - $106
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7 People Recommend
"back the files, plus something like one recording out of 10 or 15 would have some kind of file error that prevented playback, which is obviously unacceptable if you actually need your recordings.…" - Matt from Atlanta, GA at Buy.com "playback is great because you can easily go back to repeat certain places like "rewinding." it has lots of memory, so i can store a number of recorded meetings on here and organize it effectively.…" - Amazon.com User "i like the slow/normal/fast playback, voice-activation, usb interface to my winxp pc (shows up as a removable usb drive, with no special software), and ability to play back audiobooks and music in…" - John Dollison at Newegg.com |
Edirol R-09 Handheld Digital
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$270 - $400
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7 People Recommend
"also, having individual trakcs right there on the recorder makes playback easier if you want to hear a specific tune right after the gig and don't want to have to fast-forward or rewind through the…" - Amazon.com User "it is now so easy to tape lectures, concerts, practices, just about anything and almost immediately have it available for burning to cd for playback.…" - Amazon.com User "it has sort of bogus reverb opions for playback through the uinit only - wish it allowd actual application of just a bit of room sound, but for the purpose, it's great.…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus DS-30 Handheld Digital
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$90 - $150
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5 People Recommend
"the sound quality is great, even on playback directly off the unit.…" - Amazon.com User "this is handy if you are moving around a lot or want to save the current recording or playback settings without fear of accidentally touching any of the buttons.…" - Amazon.com User "the playback is of very good quality, it's better though earbuds than with the speaker. …" - AllenG from Lincoln, NE at Circuitcity.com |
KB Gear Jam It Handheld Digital
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$9
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4 People Recommend
"turned it on, played for about five minutes and did a playback through headphones.…" - Amazon.com User "it is now so easy to tape lectures, concerts, practices, just about anything and almost immediately have it available for burning to cd for playback.…" - Amazon.com User "also, having individual trakcs right there on the recorder makes playback easier if you want to hear a specific tune right after the gig and don't want to have to fast-forward or rewind through the…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus VN-3100PC
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$70
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4 People Recommend
"it worked great for my son's science project when he needed to record people for playback later to see if they recited back their lines correctly.…" - Circuitcity.com User "easy to use, recording and playback is excellent, and very reliable.…" - Amazon.com User "it worked great for my son's science project when he needed to record people for playback later to see if they recited back their lines correctly. …" - Circuitcity.com User |
Olympus VN 4100PC
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4 People Recommend
"that i haven't used in years but can't seem to part with) that i keep stacked in dozens of cardboard boxes in the house and garage.three playback speeds work well with surprisingly little distortion.…" - blue19 from Bellevue, WA at Circuitcity.com "i tried the pc link and found it took me longer to take my notes from it because if i had to stop or rewind the playback i had to go to the bottom of the screen and pull it up.…" - ReneeK from Richmond, VA at Circuitcity.com "the playback sound quality is great.…" - CAM Man from norfolk, Va. at Circuitcity.com |
Sony ICD-P320 Handheld Digital
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$85
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3 People Recommend
"it also easily downloads the recorded notes/messages to your computer for fast or slow playback or editing.…" - Circuitcity.com User "in my experience it is much easier to manipulate the files when you place it on the computer (if you need to stop often in playback to write notes) and in my case the sound is much better.…" - Circuitcity.com User "also, playback on the recorder itself is not very good at all, i have to put the files on the computer before i can understand them, and that can be annoying at times.…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus RECORDER
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$66 - $156
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2 People Recommend
"switchable playback noise filter.…" - Newegg.com User "but the index marks feature is quite useful as well - you can actually set markers down wither while you're recording or when you're listening to the playback (even during a song) and quick skip back…" - Newegg.com User "switchable playback noise filter. …" - Newegg.com User |
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