[access-uk] Re: Olympus DS-50 Voice Recorder / MP3 player
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:02:30 -0000
Which good external mics are you using with the Edirol, Steve?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 11:06 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Olympus DS-50 Voice Recorder / MP3 player
> Hi Sandra,
>
> Are you saying we should be just grateful for what we have, rather than
> striving for better? For me, and remember this is just personal, the
> Edirol
> is a better recorder, because it records in more formats. It also records
> uncompressed in Wave format, which is what I want sometimes. The Olympus
> is
> good for what I said, a good dictation machine. It will never make the
> grade for recording, for example, wildlife. I wanted something to make
> good
> recordings of birdsong etc, and 128KB just does not cut it. I also have
> good external mics for the Edirol and it really shines. That's not to say
> the Olympus is not good, it is simply not good as a professional or
> semi-pro
> recorder.
>
> All the best
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Sandra Henshall
> Sent: 16 February 2007 17:13
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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