Digital dictation devices

[luca brazzi]

Anyone have any experience with these? Looking for something at the cheap end of the scale, portable, and able to input into PC either as wav/mp3 etc to be able to burn to audio cd.

Any top tips on what to look for, and and features are useful/pointless?

Cheers peeps,
LB

[size13]

I've got a small mp3 player that can be used for dictation - has 128 mb built in but you can add sd cards (I have a 512mb). It also has a built in usb plug to go directly into a computer (like a pendrive).

It is a Tevion one I got from aldi for about £40

[Muncher]

I've got one which I'm trying to sell!

I'll find you a link to it.

[Plotloss]

luca brazzi said:

Anyone have any experience with these? Looking for something at the cheap end of the scale, portable, and able to input into PC either as wav/mp3 etc to be able to burn to audio cd. Any top tips on what to look for, and and features are useful/pointless? Cheers peeps, LB

Sony.

They do a few but are the best by all accounts...

[Muncher]

www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/2581_W-10.htm

olympus said:

Audio-visual documentation Simultaneously record sound and take images Create a slide show based on voice comments Fast and easy PC connectivity via USB Up to 3 hours recording with 16MB built-in flash memory 3 recording modes - HQ, SP & LP Record up to 200 voice files and 250 photos 300,000 pixel C-MOS sensor Built-in optical viewfinder Simultaneously record sound and take images Create a slide show based on voice comments The W-10 is a digital voice recorder with a built-in digital camera - it can simultaneously record sound and take photographs allowing you to create a multi media slide show. Thanks to its 16MB built-in memory, the W-10 can store an impressive 3 hours of dictation and up to 250 images. Both audio and JPEG files can be transferred instantly to a PC via a high-speed USB interface, and during playback the photographs provide visual indexes linked to specific points in the voice recording. The images can also be used as visual cues that let you jump to a particular point in a recording, and are a great way to get a quick visual overview of the material recorded.

When I bought it (not long ago) there were no others that did the same thing for less than £200. Recording quality is good, it can record approx 50 minutes at the highest quality level surprisingly well. I used it for recording lectures when sat near the back of the lecture theatre, so a pretty good piece of kit. Is really quite small too.

You can get them from Staples for £100, if you're interested, e-mail me via my profile.

[v12v8]

I use a Griffin iTalk (http://shop.ipodworld.co.uk/iPodWorldSite/product/iPod_General%20Accessories/GR05.htm) which I plug straight into the iPod. £30 and works a treat!

[agent006]

I've got an old olympus one that works on a serial port. Not terribly cutting edge (couldn't cut the edge of a warm bit of butter) but you can have it for nowt if you like (if i can find all the bits).

[luca brazzi]

Thanks Agent006, very kind offer. Got home tonight, and one had already been purchased, little Olympus jobbie.

Thanks guys for the advice.

LB