Best Voice Recorders and Transcribers for Laptop

the fact that no usb cable is required because the entire battery compartments slides off with the push of a button revealing a hidden usb so you can plug the device directly into your pc/mac/laptop.

connected to a mac laptop, it appeared as a thumb drive and i was able to copy the sound files to my computer.

my favorite feature on this device compared to other olympus models is the fact that no usb cable is required because the entire battery compartments slides off with the push of a button revealing a

lectures are transfered to my laptop pc after classes, and i can easily dictate them on drangon speaking for later use--printed out lecture notes for studying.

it has 4 folders that allows me to easily organize my files and later transfer it to my laptop using the usb cord provided.

the quality is great, the usability is great, it is easily downloaded onto my laptop and i can review my 200 pages of notes while listening to my professor.

good for loading into a laptop where you can do the line-in easier.

i started recording right away and downloading onto my laptop was quick and painless!

ran cable from headphone out of pc/laptop to stereo mic input (removed stereo microphone first), ran mini-plug headphone from headphone output on the ds-30 to monitor.

i am not an audiophile but the ds-30 plays mp3s every bit as well as they sound on my laptop.

it's a breeze to download recorded messages into my laptop with the handy usb plug that is built in to the voice recorder (no wires to mess with!).

when plugged into my laptop it functions like any other external storage device.

not a bad device, but when i tried to install software on my new vista laptop, olympus told me "too bad.