Hey Gord, Don't know if you've heard about this one, but I just acquired the Plextalk Pocket that Freedom Scientific introduced a few months back. It's totally accessible from the ground up. Even though it's a Daisy unit, you can record Wave files at 16-bit with a sampling rate of 44.1 KHZ. It'll play back 24-bit files as well; moreover, you can connect a high quality stereo mic to it if you're going to use it to record a live situation. Even though it records in Daisy format, you can transfer audio files right to your computer to do standard editing, etc. It also has line-in capabilities, plus an accessible recording level meter. It'll also support up to a 32-gig SD card. I'm using it primarily as a player for support tracks when I'm performing. I would think that it would do nicely for folks that are looking for something portable that will give you a decent stereo recording. I do like the fact that it'll let you read audio and text-based Daisy books, Audible books, text files, and it has wi-fi capabilities for downloading podcasts and listening to Web radio stations. You can even record voice memos too. I haven't used a high quality stereo mic on it as I don't have one as yet. I think it's a pretty neat little gadget. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 15:32 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: pocket recorders for stage It depends on what you mean by accessible. The olympus stuff is the only thing that has actual voice prompts. If you memorize some basic menus you can certainly use the zoom h4n which is a much better quality unit and will even let you do four-channel recording, which I’ve done. It’s just a shame that the menus wrap. I know that Yamaha has just come out with one, and historically their menus don’t wrap so it might be worth checking out. Gord