Hi Mike, I highly recommend the DM-670. It does all you want. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael A Ray Sent: 19 May 2014 21:13 To: Access-UK Subject: [access-uk] Olympus Voice Recorders Hello. At the risk of making everybody groan because I have no doubt this will have come up before, I am in the market for purchasing one of the Olympus digital voice recorders for taking notes on the move and recording meetings etc. There seems to be a dazzling number of options as far as models goes. So I'm after recommendations and experiences. What I need is the following: 1. Fast deployment. In other words it needs to be as fast as possible between deciding I should be recording something to setting the recording in motion. A lot of devices seem to have an annoyingly complex sequence to starting a recording. Both my Victor Reader Stream and my Plextalk Pocket fall into this category, especially the Plextalk. It is annoyingly slow to start a recording. 2. Nice to have but not vital would be the 'buffer' option that some recorders have where they constantly record a few seconds of sound which is placed at the start of a recording to help to prevent loss of data at the start, buffering the time it takes to react and press the button. 3. Record in MP3 preferable. It would be nice if it recorded in MP3 as well as maybe WMA and WAV. 4. Long battery life. More than an average eight hour work day of battery life. So...does anybody have any recommendations? Mike -- Michael A. Ray Analyst/Programmer Witley, Surrey, South-east UK Ham Radio Call-sign: G4XBF, licensed since 1982 The box said: 'install Windows XP, 7 or better'. So I installed Linux Raspberry VI: http://www.raspberryvi.org/ NVDA, the best free screen-reader in the world: http://www.nvda-project.org/ ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq