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dictaphone needed - any suggestions?
brotherS:
Hi,
I'm planning on doing interviews for a project and need some kind of dictaphone for that task. I saw some for about 20 bucks at ebay, but doubt that that would be a good buy.
Do you have any experience with such hardware? What would you recommend? The interviews will be person-to-person, inside of rooms, so I don't think I need external microphones and stuff - the smaller the better. I think something that will let me record directly to mp3 files would be best.
Oh, and it shouldn't look extremely cheap if possible :)
alxwz:
How about using your cellphone for that?
I sometimes use my Sony Ericsson K750i for it (just for taking reminders-to-self) and have created a joystick shortcut for "record".
Your phone may vary, and sensitivity may be an issue (external microphone possible?), but it does the job for me. Recording capacity may be a problem, too, if it doesn't use a memory card for that.
Accessing the recordings and even seeing there are any recordings on the machine to remember sucks, however, on my phone.
brotherS:
That's a good idea, but my cellphone is not up to the task. So I really need some other device...
urlwolf:
I considered these devices for a while (didn't buy any).
I think the best when I looked would be the sony. It is horrendously expensive in the UK and rest of Europe.
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/20INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=tL2-Nq03uMO9Oehtrim0PeI6iQmS2IsAARA=?ProductSKU=ICDMX20VTP&Dept=audio&CategoryName=pa_VoiceRecorders_DigitalVoiceRecorder
I tested it at the store and it sounds good. Probably not as good as I expected (but I only heard the small speaker it comes with, using a decent pair of speakers may be different).
brotherS:
I considered these devices for a while (didn't buy any).
-urlwolf (November 14, 2006, 01:37 PM)
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Thanks, I'll check out the details and compare it with others.
It's beyond my understanding though why they sell it for $299.95 and only offer 32MB capacity!
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