[access-uk] Re: Olympus DS-50 Voice Recorder / MP3 player
- From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:47:54 -0000
Hi Steve. The DS30 or mile stone would only be required as a dictation
machine in this case so could almost live with a combined mike and earphone
jack. The one reason that a dedicated dictation machine would be
advantageous is that it can be used to transcribe notes into text with
Dragon Naturally Speaking. This is not 100 percent accurate but it can
certainly save time. The olympus would be better in this respect.
regards
graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 11:11 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Olympus DS-50 Voice Recorder / MP3 player
Hi Graham,
If you want a recorder that small, you could consider the Milestone also.
It is as small as the Olympus and does record at 192 with an external mic,
and yes, it is accessible. And it does have the lanyard. It does have the
down side of sharing the headphone with the external mic jack, so in that
respect, it is not as nice as either the Edirol or the Olympus, but it does
record higher bit rate than the Olympus. I think the Olympus would still be
the better of those two though, since the headphone socket is separate on
it. The one thing I don't like about either of these machines, is they both
have automatic gain control, and you can't turn it off. The limiters on
them sometimes gets in the way, but the limiter on the Olympus, from what I
have heard is quite good. This was the main reason for me sticking to the
Edirol, because I can have more control over the recording by setting the
recording levels manually. I think the Olympus and the Milestone would get
overloaded in loud situations, like concerts etc.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Graham Page
Sent: 16 February 2007 18:45
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Olympus DS-50 Voice Recorder / MP3 player
Hi all.
On this subject, Someone I know is looking for a digital recorder you can
hang round your neck while carrying it. Does the DS230, 40 or 50 have a
hole for a lanyard?
Regards
Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Henshall" <oceania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 5:12 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Olympus DS-50 Voice Recorder / MP3 player
I feel I must join Andy in defence of the Olympus DS50 here. I purchased
one from Hagger Electronics and am more than satisfied with it. The unit is
about 95 per cent accessible, which is good enough for me. I've also
purchased a pair of BSM9 binaural microphones and am getting good quality
recordings. It's easy to convert files from WMA to MP3. As usual, we've
been ripped off here in Britain on the price but then what's new? I've also
used the recorder as an MP3 player for film sound tracks and audio books and
have no axe to grind with the quality of the playback. It's small and
inconspicuous when taken outdoors and I think Olympus should be commended
for making the effort to give us some sort of accessibility. I do wish
people didn't always look for perfection; it doesn't exist. It seems to me
that whatever a company tries to do to make their products usable by blind
people, there will always be folks who are just never satisfied. The
Olympus does exactly what I want and, like Andy, I have no regrets about
buying one.
Cheers,
Sandra.
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