Best Voice Recorders and Transcribers for Talk

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1 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for TALK
Olympus RECORDER, WS-311M DIGITAL VOICE, 138 ( 141947 )
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$134.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from "Mark the Swimmmer", www.bhphotovideo.com
    4.0 Stars great for recording talks, and easy to transfer onto your computer.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars i paused it at one point where there was some talking by pressing the record button a second time.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars wayyy better than my old sony, i sit in the back of the class and i can still record perfectly..it doesn't pick up side noise and people talking, i love this.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i can record all the trash talk in my office or even important notes to myself--all with one aaa batery, and a built in usb plugin that is just incredible.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i went to frys to see if they could help me record a telephone conversation, and the sales person looked at me as if i were talking in a foreign language.
Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Sound Quality, Compact, Recording Media: Digital
2 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for TALK
Olympus DS-30 Handheld Digital Voice Recorder
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$95.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from AllenG from Lincoln, NE, www.circuitcity.com
    5.0 Stars the instructor spends alot of time talking to the board, but the ds30 has no problem picking up his voice.
  2. from Mel from Charlotte, NC, www.circuitcity.com
    5.0 Stars after talking with tech support, i found out that the 'export as wav' command wasn't available for use after all, which was one of the reasons i purchased it.
  3. from mike n from hawaii, www.circuitcity.com
    5.0 Stars sometimes people talk so fast that i miss what they said.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars this isn't very good for recording anything other than someone talking directly into the microphone.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    3.0 Stars you can pick out conversations when many people are talking at once, without difficulty when the device records at the highest level.
Positives: Good Sound Quality, Large Capacity, Easy To Use, Recording Media: Digital
3 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for TALK
Olympus RECORDER, WS-321M DIGITAL VOICE, 277 ( 141952 )
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$61.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars it would be great if in the voice detect mode where it just records when somebody talks that battery drain dropped low when in standby but unfortunately it draws full current (~ 65 ma) while waiting.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars even i only use hq level to record, the voice file sounds like my real talking without distortion.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars and transferring talks and mp3s into and out of it is perfectly simple--slide off the battery compartment revealing a full-size usb, plug it into the computer, and it appears on the desktop as a
Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Sound Quality, Large Capacity, Recording Media: Digital
4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for TALK
Olympus VN4100PC Digital Voice Recorder
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$93.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars the only downside for me are people who want to make continuous noise or talk too much.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars but with this i was able to talk and keep going and then just transcribe later.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i was recently accepted into a graduate program, and bought this digital voice recorder for the purposing of recording lecture, artist talks, and one on one meetings with faculty.
Positives: Easy To Use, Compact, Nice Sound Quality, Recording Media: Digital
 
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