Hi Kevin. I believe the DS-30, DS-40 and DS-50 all have voice output for most of the menus. The only difference between the models is the amount of flash memory they use if I remember correctly. I think there's a number of people on this list with one of those models and definitely a number of people over on the PC Audio list so you should be able to get some user feedback. You might want to check out the Blind Cool Tech website as, again, if memory serves me there's a couple of podcasts on the Olympus models there. Regards. Kevin E-mail: kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: kevin and Emma To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 10:45 AM Subject: [access-uk] digital voice recorders hi all, i'm looking to buy such a device and i like the look of the olympus ds-30. i've just come across a website wich has all the usual specs for this model like other websites do, but it also says the following: "Voice guidance - Audible prompts to aid use by the visually impaired". has anyone got a ds-30? is this bit of info true? i don't have any useful sight, so navigation of such devices is something that concerns me. further up on the same page the website refers to this feature, but with the ds-40 as follows: the Olympus DS 40 recorder has a voice guide that can be set to 'speak' button funtions outloud when pressed. This significantly aids navigation of the unit and can be used to describe the current settings and audibly confirm commands. so i'm not sure if it's the ds-30 or ds-40 it's refering too. any help would be appreciated. the URL for the page is below: http://www.voicepower.co.uk/index.php?page=product&pid=190&group=2&subgroup=5 kevin - (lord l) "Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice"-Will Durant contact me: email/msn: kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx skype: lordandladyl