Looking for a digital voice recorder with USB and mp3

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Melissa

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I'm looking for a digital voice recorder that will record in MP3 format and
dump the files into the computer via USB port. It needs to be able to record
clearly in an organiozational meeting, we want to use it to record minutes of
meetings and store them on the computer, thereby eliminating "taking notes"
and having to type them in. We'd also like to find the most bang for the
lowest buck possible. Are there any reviews anywhere on these?


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I read in sci.electronics.design that Melissa <melissa@colorado.xxx>
wrote (in <gqWdnTDmZK54xqPfRVn-qw@forethought.net>) about 'Looking for a
digital voice recorder with USB and mp3', on Sun, 20 Mar 2005:

I'm looking for a digital voice recorder that will record in MP3 format
and dump the files into the computer via USB port. It needs to be able
to record clearly in an organiozational meeting, we want to use it to
record minutes of meetings and store them on the computer, thereby
eliminating "taking notes" and having to type them in. We'd also like to
find the most bang for the lowest buck possible. Are there any reviews
anywhere on these?
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You are making the task difficult by asking for USB. It is very easy to
do what you want if you connect the recorder output to the sound card
input, either analogue (wire) or digital (fibre-optic). There are
hundreds of mini-disc and other audio recorders on the market which will
do this. You can also record **directly** to a portable computer,
feeding it from one or more microphones depending on the size of the
meeting. Boundary-layer microphones are very good for this application.
The low-cost ones are mostly not greatly inferior to the more costly
ones. If you need to use more than one, you need a simple microphone
mixer unit.

I recently recorded several hours of presentations on sound systems on
to my portable's hard disc in MP3 format, using the simple application
WinADR from http://www.artech365.com/winadr/

Again, there are many low-cost applications around that will record to
hard disc in mP3 format.
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John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote :

I read in sci.electronics.design that Melissa <melissa@colorado.xxx
wrote (in <gqWdnTDmZK54xqPfRVn-qw@forethought.net>) about 'Looking for a
digital voice recorder with USB and mp3', on Sun, 20 Mar 2005:

I'm looking for a digital voice recorder that will record in MP3 format
and dump the files into the computer via USB port. It needs to be able
to record clearly in an organiozational meeting, we want to use it to
record minutes of meetings and store them on the computer, thereby
eliminating "taking notes" and having to type them in. We'd also like to
find the most bang for the lowest buck possible. Are there any reviews
anywhere on these?

You are making the task difficult by asking for USB.
Click to expand...
Ok, difficult, but what's out there.

It is very easy to
do what you want if you connect the recorder output to the sound card
input, either analogue (wire) or digital (fibre-optic).
Click to expand...
Analog is slow, right? And I don't have fiber inputs on this computer.

There are
hundreds of mini-disc and other audio recorders on the market which will
do this. You can also record **directly** to a portable computer,
feeding it from one or more microphones depending on the size of the
meeting.
Click to expand...
Well yeah but I'm looking to spend as little as possible.


I recently recorded several hours of presentations on sound systems on
to my portable's hard disc in MP3 format, using the simple application
WinADR from http://www.artech365.com/winadr/

Again, there are many low-cost applications around that will record to
hard disc in mP3 format.
Click to expand...
But I don't have a portable PC.



--
Yours In Liberty, Melissa - Colorado, U.S.A.
http://melissasliberty.blogspot.com/

The last best hope for liberty, to give the world its first Bill of
Rights: http://www.UPAlliance.org/billofrights.htm
 
I read in sci.electronics.design that Melissa <melissa@colorado.xxx>
wrote (in <yLOdnag8zec_hqLfRVn-uQ@forethought.net>) about 'Looking for a
digital voice recorder with USB and mp3', on Mon, 21 Mar 2005:

But I don't have a portable PC.
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I thought it was a condition of US citizenship. (;-)

OK, my suggestion was no good for you, but you've now had better ones.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
There are two sides to every question, except
'What is a Moebius strip?'
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk
 
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:30:13 -0600, Melissa <melissa@colorado.xxx>
wrote:

I'm looking for a digital voice recorder that will record in MP3 format and
dump the files into the computer via USB port. It needs to be able to record
clearly in an organiozational meeting, we want to use it to record minutes of
meetings and store them on the computer, thereby eliminating "taking notes"
and having to type them in. We'd also like to find the most bang for the
lowest buck possible. Are there any reviews anywhere on these?
Click to expand...
iRiver, Panasonic and others make these - have a look at Radio Shack.





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