Modern day dictaphone needed...

[6x2]

Hmm...

My mother is leading a university research in some sort of a linguistics thing, where they need to record conversations and listen, edit and translitterate them. Pretty simple stuff, which in the bad old days would've been a cassette thing. She asked me what to buy and I couldn't quite fiugre what to say.

I mean, some sort of a handheld HD-recorder with optional data compression (MP3 and WMA are ok for their purposes, though WAV is preferred) would probably do the trick, as well as some sort of long-playing MD. I have no exprerience of such devices, so I wouldn't know what's reliable and easy to use...

So, anyone's got a hunch what I should recommend her?

(First I thought I'd recommend her to buy Alsihad HD7 and a vintage Neve console and after they don't need them I could take them. Don't think that'll work, though) :P

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[FajitaTone]

HERE (http://www.transcriptiongear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=DIGITAL-TOP) might be a good start.

[Fulcrum]

Jerry Pournelle, the sci-fi author and raconteur, has been batting the idea around recently with some of his trusted advisors here (http://www.chaosmanorreviews.com/open_archives/jep_column-316-b.php). Look for the section "On Digital Voice Recorders".

I have and carry an older Olympus DVR for when the muse blesses me. Sad thing is, she hasn't blessed me much lately. But still.

[MacGregor]

I mean, some sort of a handheld HD-recorder with optional data compression (MP3 and WMA are ok for their purposes, though WAV is preferred) would probably do the trick, as well as some sort of long-playing MD. I have no exprerience of such devices, so I wouldn't know what's reliable and easy to use...

So, anyone's got a hunch what I should recommend her?


I'm using one of those for almost everything outside my room,
small, easy to use and reliable:

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MicroTrack2496-main.html
http://www.m-audio.com/images/global/product_pics/big/microtrack_big.jpg
Plug the Compactflash card into your DAW and edit the stuff.
Simple as it could be.

[6x2]

Thanks for the info, guys, I'll look into it.

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