Digital Voice Recorder - Suggestions?

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I very much need to upgrade from my old tape recorder to a digital voice recorder in order to ensure that I don't miss anything in lecture. Does anyone have a favorite that they'd recommend? I checked through the old posts and most of the recommendations that I found were a few years old so I thought I'd put this out there and see what is working well for those who record their lectures.

Thanks,

Kristine

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I got a digital recorder and believe it or not could not figure out how to get it to work. I always was able to record lectures quite well with a regular mini cassete recorder. In my physiology class we sat in a lab room where there were electrical outlets at each station, so I saved on my batteries by using an electrical adapter. I had several recorders and found that my Olympus and Sony ones were the best as far as playback quality.

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Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine.

sony makes a great one with 2 gigabytes! you can have 60 hours on that thing! plus you can edit it on your pc!

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I have a Sony and I like it. Its small enough, not to small. It came with software and USB cable so I can save recordings on my computer, email them, make a CD, edit recordings, save in different formats, etc. I often transcribe my notes at my computer and I can easily fast forward, speed up the material, slow it down at the touch of a keystroke which is great. Sound quality is pretty good. You can also use an adapter and listen in the car over the louder/better speaker. There is an earphone jack too, for private listening. It might have been a hundred bucks or so, but I have more than gotten my money's worth.

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Specializes in LTC & Med-Surg, L&D, Pre-Op Clinic.

I have the Olympus VN-3100PC

I have used it this entire semester for A&P and it works great. I have only changed the batteries (2 AAA's) two times this semester. I use it 4 times a week, for at least 2-3 hours a day.

You can upload the files to the computer program that comes with it, change it to MP3 format...it is a great deal.

Also, most people don't even realize I am recording, it is the size of a small cell phone.

The best part, it is under $50 @ Radio Shack!

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1272

Good luck! It has been so helpful, my prof even asked if I could email him a copy so he can put his lectures online!:wink2:

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Specializes in ICCU - cardiac.

It might a good idea to ask your instructor their preference about being recorded, some are happy to oblige, others aren't.

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Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine.

i don't know why would they mind it!

if they know what they are teaching you!

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It might a good idea to ask your instructor their preference about being recorded, some are happy to oblige, others aren't.

I'm not too worried about it since it's one of the modifications that the Learning Disability Specialist at my school told me that I have a right to be asking for. I always asked before when I was using my old tape recorder (though back before I was diagnosed with a LD) and I never had a teacher say "no", but now I have a piece of paper to show them that lists the reasonable accommodations that the school wants me to have.

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I have an Olympus WS-100 I have been real happy with. No USB cable to deal with, it just plugs into the USB port itself. Good on AAA battery - only uses one. It's about twice the size of a flash drive.

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