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Electronics : Sony Digital Dictation Long Rec Silver
Rating: 
- Excellent
I'm presently conducting interviews as part of post graduate research and needed a dictaphone, so I got this. I must say that I'm very impressed. Unlike the previous reviewer, I can rewind. The track must be playing though - eg you can't stop playback, then rewind.
The sound quality is excellent through headphones, pretty good through the internal speaker. Batteries (which ARE included, unlike the Amazon description) last for ages, and the unit can record 30 hours of high quality audio. Recordings are also time stamped which is handy.
There is no USB connection for transporting files to mp3 on computer. However, I use Audacity (a free audio editor - google it) and plug the headphone socket into the mic socket on the front of my PC using a male to male 3.5mm jack lead to record. Works great, but might take a while depending on the length of the recording which can then be exported as wave, mp3, or Ogg Vorbis.
Overall, an excellent device which surpassed my expectations at least.
Rating:
- Does the job, but not the best
I'm a journalist and I use this dictaphone for interviews. The benefits of this one if that it's very small and light, very portable. The batteries last for ages and it can carry loads of different tracks.
However - One really annoying feature is that when re-playing a recording, you can't rewind. This seems very strange and is VERY frustrating. You have to start the track all over again if you want to listen to a previous bit. Also, it's difficult to move the tracks onto a computer, you listen to them on the dictaphone.
The mic is fine for quiet places where you are quite close to the other person. However, in noiser places (I carried out interviews backstage, with several people and in bars) it becomes very difficult to hear what's going on. I'd reccomend buying an extra mic to plug into this.
All in all ., this is cute and it works and it's probably appropriate for some, but for the work I'm doing I'm upgrading to something a bit more powerful.
- ExcellentI'm presently conducting interviews as part of post graduate research and needed a dictaphone, so I got this. I must say that I'm very impressed. Unlike the previous reviewer, I can rewind. The track must be playing though - eg you can't stop playback, then rewind.
The sound quality is excellent through headphones, pretty good through the internal speaker. Batteries (which ARE included, unlike the Amazon description) last for ages, and the unit can record 30 hours of high quality audio. Recordings are also time stamped which is handy.
There is no USB connection for transporting files to mp3 on computer. However, I use Audacity (a free audio editor - google it) and plug the headphone socket into the mic socket on the front of my PC using a male to male 3.5mm jack lead to record. Works great, but might take a while depending on the length of the recording which can then be exported as wave, mp3, or Ogg Vorbis.
Overall, an excellent device which surpassed my expectations at least.
Rating:
- Does the job, but not the bestI'm a journalist and I use this dictaphone for interviews. The benefits of this one if that it's very small and light, very portable. The batteries last for ages and it can carry loads of different tracks.
However - One really annoying feature is that when re-playing a recording, you can't rewind. This seems very strange and is VERY frustrating. You have to start the track all over again if you want to listen to a previous bit. Also, it's difficult to move the tracks onto a computer, you listen to them on the dictaphone.
The mic is fine for quiet places where you are quite close to the other person. However, in noiser places (I carried out interviews backstage, with several people and in bars) it becomes very difficult to hear what's going on. I'd reccomend buying an extra mic to plug into this.
All in all ., this is cute and it works and it's probably appropriate for some, but for the work I'm doing I'm upgrading to something a bit more powerful.