8 Best Voice Recorders and Transcribers for Background
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Out of thousands of reviews for 107 products, over 100 people recommended Voice Recorders and Transcribers specifically for Background. These 8 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Olympus RECORDER
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$70 - $106
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8 People Recommend
"i find that this recorder is probably too effective; regardless of how close or far i am from the speaker, it picks up a lot of background noice and static.…" - Bestbuy.com User "you can even erase the background noise and just keep the certain voice u want to hear.…" - Ling from Pittsburgh, PA at Buy.com "yes, sony's recorder did have less background noise, but the professor's voicealways sounded a little farther away, like they were in the next room.…" - Marie from West Lafayette, IN at Circuitcity.com |
Olympus DS-30 Handheld Digital
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$90 - $150
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4 People Recommend
"i have tried the sony icd-p520 before this model which also was a good model for it's price but in my big lecture halls, the sound pickup had a lot of background noise.…" - Bestbuy.com User "by using the filter settings the background noise can be filtered out so that it is barely noticeable.…" - AllenG from Lincoln, NE at Circuitcity.com "i love it, i use it as a student for lecture in class and it records very well without all the background noise.…" - Mslisa from Belleville, Mi at Circuitcity.com |
Olympus VN4100PC Digital
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$30 - $90
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4 People Recommend
"with microphone set to low, dictation is clear and background pickup is reduced, can record voice with radio playing.…" - Amazon.com User "the microphone picks up sounds at a distance (in this case, the sound of the ocean's surf in the background) with clarity.…" - Amazon.com User "that's good for when you're sitting far from the professor in a lecture hall but might not be so great if you're worried about background noise.…" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus VN 4100PC
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4 People Recommend
"the professors voice is clear no matter where he stands,it doesn't pick up too much background noice, some but they are usually the people in my immediate vicinity.…" - Boo from Bradent at Circuitcity.com "the convention was broadcast on fm within the convention facility for the hearing impaired and i could have recorded directly off that (avoiding other background noises) if it were made that way.…" - MaryB from Elkhart, IN at Circuitcity.com "long battery lifecons:software is very limitedpicks up on a lot of background noise regardless of settingssound quality (unless put on the highest settings)…" - Fn123 from Seattle, WA at Circuitcity.com |
Olympus VN-3100PC
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$70
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3 People Recommend
"it does pick up background noise, but the overall product is good…" - "susie" at Abt.com "since it doesn't work that way, you have to load some software that always runs in the background to recognize the dvr and transfer files.…" - Amazon.com User "picks up background noise best uses: …" - Abt.com User |
Olympus DS-40 Handheld Digital
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$86 - $170
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3 People Recommend
"in every case it has produced clear recordings with minimal background noise - unlike some other recorders i've used where subtle background music in a hotel lobby comes across like a live symphony…" - Amazon.com User "the dictation setting seems to mainly pick up sounds close to the mic with less background noise making it onto the recording.…" - Amazon.com User "the dictation setting seems to mainly pick up sounds close to the mic with less background noise making it onto the recording. …" - Amazon.com User |
Olympus VN-2100PC
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$27 - $60
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3 People Recommend
"in playback , my voice sounds as if i'm sitting in my living room even though the dictation is while i'm driving a diesel truck - in short , no background noise while recording , or speaker…" - A Customer from Hartford CT at Buy.com "i've only had this little guy for a couple of months, but i have tested it in various settings, with varying levels of background noise and it works like a charm in all of them.…" - Amazon.com User "the sound is of good quality and clear as long as background noise does not interfere during recording.…" - Amazon.com User |
Sony ICD-B500 Digital 256MB Flash Based DVR and
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$38 - $45
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2 People Recommend
"sound quality is good; with the mic at high level i find it picks up too much background noise but at low level it's pretty good.…" - Amazon.com User "there was background noise, but he was perfectly audible. …" - Amazon.com User "sound quality is good; with the mic at high level i find it picks up too much background noise but at low level it's pretty good. …" - Amazon.com User |
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