David, For meetings with SMEs that I know are going to ramble I take my Powerbook in with me and just use MS Word. It has a Notepad layout which when selected provides built in voice recording. That way it records the meeting whilst I type particular points directly into Word. After the meeting I can then review/rearrange my notes while replaying the conversation. All are stored as the one file so makes it easy for filing when I've completed a few sessions. Only rule though is always ask first before recording. Never yet been turned down, but always ask. Steve ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************