Best Voice Recorders and Transcribers for Audio

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Olympus VN4100PC Digital

$54.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
if i need high quality audio, i use it at its highest sampling rate, then goose it a little after transferring it to my computer.
from www.amazon.com
the vn4100 is an excellent handheld digital audio recorder.
from www.amazon.com
the sound quality is superb for xhq or hq--the two best audio recording options, and buying the me-15 mic makes it even better.
from www.amazon.com
this is without a doubt the best audio recorder i have ever used.
from www.amazon.com
this is an attractive looking, efficient, and moderately priced audio recorder.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for AUDIO

Olympus DS-30 Handheld Digital

$95.00 Est. at Amazon

from Robert from Lexington, KY, www.circuitcity.com
i wanted a digital audio recorder with stereo capability and high sound quality.
from www.amazon.com
this recorder is loaded with features which you can activate to help clean up the audio you record.
from www.amazon.com
primary application is for audio capture: voice, voicenotes, song ideas, etc.
from www.amazon.com
a 3-6 foot audio extension cord for the stereo microphone (get a thin flexible version).
from www.amazon.com
while my previous recorders had to be audio cabled to my pc and then transferred or recorded in real time, the ds30 transfers by a usb cable and the software which is provided.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for AUDIO

Olympus RECORDER

$135.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
there is an audio limiter that prevents microphone overload.
from www.amazon.com
it can be used as an mp3 player, a usb 2.0 plug n play flashdrive, and a crisp audio recorder.
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 John Dollison, www.newegg.com
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
from www.amazon.com
(i use it primarily to record mini-lectures for my students.) i am not a big gadget guy, but it is nice to have a single device which records and plays audio + stores data like a flash drive.

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for AUDIO

Olympus WS-210S 512 MB

$58.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i recommend this unit for those who want a low cost digital audio recorder, and who have the software to process the wma files.
from www.amazon.com
the only caveat is that when you load it on your pc, it also loads a whole bunch of "stubs" (icons of programs that will load if you try to use them) to perform lots of other audio-related tasks...
from www.amazon.com
it worked better for me to first download to the computer, then use an audio player to move through the recording more easily.
from www.amazon.com
there are many free programs on the web that easily converts wma audio into mp3 in a snap.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for AUDIO

Sony ICD-UX80 2048 MB

$110.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
my initial purchase excuse was to record voice conversations and classroom lectures as well as listen to prerecorded audio recordings, but after reading the documentation it looks equally well
from www.amazon.com
i used this for taking audio notes during my classes and find that it works great.
from www.amazon.com
(not pro audio musician level..) it has a very good sound capture.
from www.amazon.com
the sound quality rivals that of the tascam dr1, which i have used, and many consider the first choice in digital audio recorders (and twice the price of the sony unit).
from www.amazon.com
audio quality is not good enough for music.

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

Sony ICDB600 512 MB

$33.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
if you really want to, you can hook up a 3.5mm double-male audio cable to the speaker end of the unit and the mic input on your computer and you can record that way, but i would just get a voice
from www.amazon.com
the only option for transferring these sound files electronically is to use the speaker/audio out jack.
from www.amazon.com
connect a 3.5mm audio cable (male on both ends) to the headphone output and connect the other end to the line in of the computer.

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

Tascam DR07 Portable Digital Recorder

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
their own power source (i have an audio technica stereo mike that uses a single aa battery to operate), and even a line in jack for recording from a mixing desk or other device with a line out jack.
from www.amazon.com
the overall audio quality of this small unit is simply stunning !
from www.amazon.com
for surround, i use the tape to record the front two audio channels from a sony stereo microphone.
from www.amazon.com
the stereo 128k mp3 audio quality was fine and the resulting 5-hour file used only about 300mb of the 2gb (2,000mb) sd card that came with the dr-07.
from www.amazon.com
the level meters would cut by 24db and then come back up 24db randomly about every twenty to thirty seconds while the audio input was constant.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Compact, Nice Portability

Olympus WS-110

$102.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i have been using this olympus audio recorder for some three months, and it is a great way to study.
from www.amazon.com
i love the digital audio recorder that i got.
from www.amazon.com
like everyone mention in the other reviews: it's small, light, sturdy, and has a pretty decent audio quality.
from www.amazon.com
good quality audio.
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i then move them to the computer and edit, clean up, and finalize them in an audio studio software.

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

Olympus WS-110

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from www.amazon.com
i have been using this olympus audio recorder for some three months, and it is a great way to study.
from www.amazon.com
i love the digital audio recorder that i got.
from www.amazon.com
like everyone mention in the other reviews: it's small, light, sturdy, and has a pretty decent audio quality.
from www.amazon.com
i then move them to the computer and edit, clean up, and finalize them in an audio studio software.
from www.amazon.com
good quality audio.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Large Capacity

Olympus DS-40 Handheld Digital

$120.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it would be nice to able to record directly into the .mp3 format rather than the default .wma, which is a microsoft audio format and will not play without third party software on a mac.
from www.amazon.com
so you can transfer audio by using the supplied dss player software, windows explorer, or windows media player.
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using for dictation, field audio (nature sounds), podcast audio, multimedia sound track raw audio.
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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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Compact, Recording Media: Digital

Olympus RECORDER

$74.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i use it to record my singing at our chorus rehearsals - the olympus ws-321 slips into my back pocket; don't need audio tapes.
from www.amazon.com
i was able to record sound from audio cassettes that i've recorded on earlier.
from www.amazon.com
i'm surprised by the audio quality of this device (through headphones or a decent speaker, of course).
from www.amazon.com
audio quality is amazing and the mic sensitivity is outstanding.
from First Adopter, reviews.cnet.com
i bought the unit primarily as a digital voice recorder that also had the ability to play mp3 files for audio books,language lessons and music.

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

Olympus VN-4100 256 MB

$50.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the vn4100 is an excellent handheld digital audio recorder.
from www.amazon.com
if i need high quality audio, i use it at its highest sampling rate, then goose it a little after transferring it to my computer.
from www.amazon.com
the sound quality is superb for xhq or hq--the two best audio recording options, and buying the me-15 mic makes it even better.
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
upon using i found out the audio quality was very poor.

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

Audiovox RP5120

$46.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it holds 18 hrs of audio.
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i also have found the audio quality good enough for my purposes.
from www.amazon.com
this product is suitable for your own use such as taking notes or creating audios for the family, perhaps for school.

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Positives: Compact, Large Capacity, Great Portability, Recording Media: Digital

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