Best Voice Recorders and Transcribers for Wma

it is very basic, so you'll need to get an additional sound program for editing and exporting files into anything other than wma's.

it was handy to use the software included on the packaged cd to download recordings onto my pc, where they could be immediately played using ms media player, or converted from wma files to wav by an

after archiving the recordings to the computer, i then compile the wma’s to an mp3 player.in closing, this recorder is as valuable to me as a pencil and paper in the classroom.

to catolog the lectures, i use easywma to convert the ds30's wma files to mp3 files and then put thelectures into itunes on my mac.

it creates wma files instead of wav files.

i just drag and drop wma files to the computer for each of my recordings.

sony converted their recordings to mp3, while olympus, to wma.

the unit looks like a usb drive to the computer (win 2k), and the wma files can be read by adobe audition, or windows media player, but not audacity.

i bought the olympus ws-110 wma digital voice recorder after researching quite a few brands and models (on amazon and elsewhere).

great idea to go with wma instead of proprietary audio software that complicates things.i am glad i have this gadget.

having the recordings in wma format is a huge help to be able to edit them with software.

but if you do own an olympus ws-110, and what music you pretty much have to convert your audio files into wma.

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.

the xq recording mode uses microsoft's compressed wma format and the standard editing tool on windows is movie maker (not obvious) - which again only outputs as wma.

additionally, with a free converter (ipod doesn't like wma files) i was able to put the recodings on my ipod.

both the ws-310 and ds-40, on the other hand, record standard wma files that you can rapidly download via usb to your computer, and then edit with adobe audition, or a similar program.

you can play the files with media player on your pc.also, cool features include usb connectivity, transfer mp3 or wma music files from pc to the 311.

i give it a 4 because i have to live with the wma format unless i convert it on my computer to something else :-( .

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 wma or mp3 format.

cons: records only in wma file format "i purchased this recorder to record audio discussions so we could easily burn cds for everyone when finished.