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Digital Voice Recorder and Transcriber? - NCMT

Posted: May 02, 2014

Good morning Fellows:

I need some advice. I have to order a recorder to record minutes at the board meeting, but also want to order something that I could maybe plug the digital recorder into that will transcribe the recording, and then all I will have to do it edit.

One recorder I am looking at...the Olympus WS-822 4GB Digital Voice Recorder has a USB port that can be plugged into the PC; now just wondering what to order to transcribe the recording.....any thoughts?

All input will be greatly appreciated.

Suggestion - sm

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I do this all the time.

The Olympus seems very expensive for what you get. You're paying about $100, plus now you're trying to find something to transcribe it with.

My suggestion is to order a Sony ICD-PX333D, which is easy to operate and comes with everything (including Dragon) already for about $98.

Both the Sony ICD-PX333 (for $59) and the PX333D come with a cable so you can upload the file and software that you can use to transcribe it yourself. The software plays the file for you, etc. The D edition also has Dragon.

I've seen other people's recorders and didn't like most of them. I think the Sony is quite good. I also record an entire huge table of people with that one recorder, without using an external microphone. It picks up voices really well without dragging in a lot of ambient noise. I never have to worry about running out of battery or file space, either.

Thank you - very informative! - NCMT

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Unfortunately, they do all their ordering with a specific store. So I had to order them separately, and it of course ended up costing more. This particular store didn't have the D-series either. If I had more time (they have a board meeting Tuesday) I would have definitely went this route, but its good to know for the future. I may even order one for myself personally! Thanks for the information!

Do you know how many installs come with the Dragon software - NCMT

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I think I'm gonna return what we have and order this instead. Like a $200.00 difference! My boss can't be mad about that - lol. Thanks!

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