[Air-l] ps on Olympic Voice Recorders

[Mark Warschauer]

Thanks!
Mark

>Hi Mark. I've used the Olympus WS-300M and WS-200S models. They both record
>in WMA format and do full, high quality stereo recording. I've been very
>pleased with both. I haven't used the DS models you refer to, and honestly,
>I haven't needed the option to swap out the flash memory, as the WS models
>record 4-6 hours of stereo, HQ audio & more if you bump the quality down.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Drew Ross
>Oxford University
>Visiting Research Fellow, OUDES
>
>
>On 8/30/06, Mark Warschauer <markw at uci.edu> wrote:
>>
>>  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.
>>
>>  -----------
>>
>>  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
>>
>>  --
>>  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
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