[Air-l] ps on Olympic Voice Recorders

[Mark Warschauer]

ps It appears that only three of these five listed below are digital 
voice recorders, and all three use removable media.  I am thus 
interested in comments on any of the three: DS-4000, DS-3300, 
DS-2200.  Thanks again -- Mark.

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Olympic has changed its line of voice recorders since I last 
purchased any for a research project and I need to buy several new 
ones.  (I prefer to use Olympic because we are familiar with their 
transcription software and foot pedals, etc.)

Is anybody familiar with any of the models listed under professional dictation?
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_vr_transcribers.asp

These would include the DR-1000 Executive, DR-2000 Executive, 
DS-4000, DS-3300, and DS-2200?  These would be for in-person 
interviews.  Probably overkill for what we need, but these are the 
models which appear to work with the AS-4000 transcription kits we 
will use, and we're not on a tight budget for this.  I'm inclined to 
get the DS-2200, as it comes with removable media, but would feel 
more confident if I knew a researcher or interviewer who had actually 
used it.

I realize this is an Association of Internet Researchers, so many 
people reading this are more concerned with issues of using online 
data rather than face-to-face interviews, but.... (but what? :-))

Thanks--
Mark

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Mark Warschauer
Associate Professor of Education and Informatics
University of California, Irvine
2001 Berkeley Place
Irvine, CA 92697-5500
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markw at uci.edu; http://www.gse.uci.edu/faculty/markw