Best Voice Recorders and Transcribers for Dictation

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Olympus DS-40 Handheld Digital

$128.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.tigerdirect.com
the included microphone seems to be quite sensitive and responsive, i did not get any wind noise outside, or popping when used for dictation.
from www.compuplus.com
recording quality is great, 3 options : lecture, conference, dictation.
from www.amazon.com
the control buttons are well spaced and shaped to make the ds-40 an acceptable dictation recorder unlike the ws-320m.
from www.amazon.com
i mainly use the dictation setting with the recorder a half foot from my mouth.
from www.amazon.com
i bought this recorder for use in voice dictation.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for DICTATION

Olympus RECORDER

$61.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i mainly use this product for dictating my voice and others around me.
from www.amazon.com
with the mic set for dictation, it does a good job of limiting the audio to your voice only.
from www.amazon.com
it does lose syllables if you have it set to "dictate" (low mic sensitivity) and voice activation, unless you put it right by your mouth.
from www.amazon.com
i was surprised at how good the built in microphone is and how well it picks up voices from recording a dictation to recording a lecture in a big hall.
from www.amazon.com
it's full featured and works well for dictation, musical playback, etc.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for DICTATION

Olympus DS-30 Handheld Digital

$95.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.compuplus.com
summary: comes in a sleek handy design making it easy to carry and use for daily recordings and professional dictations.
from Dennis from Slingerlands, NY, www.circuitcity.com
i bought this primarily to dictate articles with the expectation that it would convert these recordings to text using dragon naturally speaking.
from www.amazon.com
it has a lot great features for recording both dictation (voice in quiet, close quarters) and conferences (voice in large, noisy rooms).
from www.amazon.com
all in all, i'd say this recorder is an excellent choice for anyone who needs a recorder for dictation and conferences.
from www.amazon.com
this olympus ds-30 is an excellent recorder for dictation, lecture and music.

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for DICTATION

Olympus DS-2400

$258.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
olympus ds-2400 dictation recorder (142015)
from www.amazon.com
the ds-2400 is one of olympus' newest voice recorders optimized for dictation.
from www.amazon.com
recently i recommended "olympus ds-2400" dictation recorder to one of the customers and i ordered one for myself.
from www.amazon.com
i am a lawyer and have to do a lot of dictation.
from www.amazon.com
dont get this handheld unless every single person you dictate to knows what to do with ds2 files.

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Positives: Large Capacity, Excellent Sound Quality, Good Portability

5 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for DICTATION

Sony ICDPX720 USB DIGITAL NOTETAKE 1 GB

$57.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
in fact, the recorder is dragon (a famous brand of speech recognition software) certified to produce "maximum accuracy dictation."
from www.amazon.com
i am looking forward to using this for dictation to make voicenote reminders to myself; also to possibly use with dragon naturally speaking to write dictated e-mails (it's supposedly compatible), and
from www.amazon.com
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.
from www.amazon.com
i dictate texts for transcription.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Excellent Capabilities, Great Portability, Recording Media: Digital

Olympus VN4100PC Digital

$93.00 Est. at Amazon

from A Customer from Burlington, NC, clickfrom.buy.com
digital recorder purchased for dictation purposes.
from www.amazon.com
with microphone set to low, dictation is clear and background pickup is reduced, can record voice with radio playing.
from www.amazon.com
i needed a nice, simple recorder that i could use to dictate reports, for e-mailing to my transcriptionist.
from www.amazon.com
i purchased this recorder over the weekend, intending to switch a physician from tape dictation over to digital.
from www.amazon.com
but i needed something to record cell phone calls and an occasional landline call and to take dictation.

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

Olympus VN-4100 256 MB

$44.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i purchased this recorder over the weekend, intending to switch a physician from tape dictation over to digital.
from www.amazon.com
with microphone set to low, dictation is clear and background pickup is reduced, can record voice with radio playing.
from www.amazon.com
i needed a nice, simple recorder that i could use to dictate reports, for e-mailing to my transcriptionist.

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

Sony ICDSX68DR9

$235.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i'm dictating case notes and this product is working wonderfully for me.
from www.amazon.com
i dictated "gibeonites" and was sure it wouldn't get that right, but it did!
from www.amazon.com
after this 15 minutes of training, i dictated a few pages of my writing ideas into the recorded and then transcribed it.
from www.amazon.com
i did have to go to sony help to get the recorder software (not the dictation software) to work on vista -- relatively painless.
from www.amazon.com
i did the training readings under version 9, upgraded to version 10 and my dictations are so garbled as to be non-sense.

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Positives: Large Capacity, Long Battery Life, Recording Media: Digital, Design: Handheld

Olympus RECORDER

$134.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.thenerds.net
it has various options depending on where your recording such as quiet dictation alone, or in a busy conference room.
from John Dollison, www.newegg.com
it's a fraction of the size (and weight) of my old tape-based micro-recorder, and has very sensitive stereo microphones (use dictation mode in the car to reduce road noise).
from www.amazon.com
i use this just for dictation.
from www.amazon.com
the internal mic is fine for dictation and conference calls but leaves much to be desired for anything even close to what's required for slideshows and online media.

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

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