can anyone recomend a digital voice recorder? i am looking for one that has enought memory to record all of my lectures each day and that i can use usb to download them to my computer, i saw a olympus but it was kind of pricy

RadioShack has a series of pretty affordable digital recorders...I have an older one that was discontinued, but it works well enough...I never use it though because once I record things I never go back to listen to them, and if I am recording lectures I tend to zone out thinking "I'm recording it so it's ok." which, of course, is not the case, because I won't listen to the recording 9 of 10 times.

do you know if you could use usb to download the recordings? Ideally i would like to burn my recording to a cd and listen to them as i make my commute of 30 minuetes each way

Yeap, my recorder is an older version and uses USB to get info to and from the computer. The newer ones almost certainly do.

I have an olympus one, but it uses a different format than MP3, so it's a pain in the butt... but it takes up a LOT less space on the hard drive.

It can record up to5 hours at the slow speed.
One annoying thing is that the headphones plug is only one ear, annoying when you want to listen to it on the bus.

Personally, I found that I NEVER listened to the lectures, but that could just be because I was so far behind anyway.

My digital recorder is DS-330

If you get an assessment and you can get documentation that you need a digital recorder to record your classes, then you might be able to get it covered by a disabled students' bursary or something.

Good luck.
~M

the University System of Georgia Regents denied all of my support requests but only one teacher had a problem with me recording his lectures, but i did it anyway with onenote and my laptops built in microphone

that sucks, did recording with your laptop work?

You might try getting an MP3 player with a built in voice recorder. I have a 15GB Dell DJ that does just this. You can fit A TON of voice recordings in 15GB, plus you can transfer them to your PC quite easily. Not to mention its primary function: an MP3 player. If you're into digital music and have time to kill on the go, or just like some background music, MP3 players are invaluable.

Vito SoundExplorer has MP3 recording for PocketPC users.

yeah but the x5 has a horrible mic, i ended up getting a Sony IC Recorder ICD-B16 tonight dosnt have usb on it but it should work fine

I have a Sony ICD-MS515. (I think they probably have newer models because I bought mine in 2002.) It's great. You can download via a USB connection. The data is recorded in a super-compressed form on a memory stick. So you can download the data via a memory stick card reader as well. A 128MB card holds more than 10 hours of recording at the highest fidelity (more if you record at a lower rate). The condensor mic built into the recorder works quite well. But if you want to connect a mic you can. You can also plug in headphones. The whole thing runs on two AAA batteries. I think a lot of journalists use this model. It has a feature for separating folders and messages within folders. There are a lot of other settings and features. I've been very happy with it, but it was PRICEY. (About $300 in 2002. But I think these things have come down quite a bit in price since then.) It came with Dragon Naturally Speaking software which proportedly can convert sound files to text. But I couldn't get the software to produce anyting but gibberish. I still like the recorder though.

I use a digital recorder. the quality is very good. but I am like you, they are pricey. The one I have does not connect to the computer nor does it have a charger and it was still 40-50 dollars.

If you go to the disabilities office on your campus, they may be able to get you a copy of notes...sometimes taken by another student on NCR paper. This may be more helpful than a digital voice recording since it's quicker to go over than 5 hrs of lecture...or ask someone in your class if you can xerox notes from him.

here some that are voice activated and you download to your comp.
http://www.uspystore.com/category.phtml?id=2&subcategory=5

Does anyone use a Voice Recorder and then play it back into their Dragon Naturally Speaking, to type it up into a Word document?

I am having trouble doing this... Dragon NS is not hearing it, or something.


Emma