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As many of you know, I am studying Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University. As part of the course we have to do a child study and record a language sample from the child. Our lecturer recommended that we should get our own voice recorder as the university has a limited number for loan and we will need it for other assignments too (including a phonetics assignment we are currently working on) I decided to buy one as I also use a voice ...
...I'm going to sleep. I went to see the technical support staff and the man I spoke to recommended this voice recorder. Recording on this device is easy. You just press the record button and speak into the mic. There are two little built in mics at each side and when it is recording there is a bar displaying the amount of sound each mic is picking up. This is good as if one bar if further along than the other, the device can be moved to pick up the ...

bluejules 26.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Olympus WS-300M 256 MB

Testing the Olympus, 1, 2 ,3 ...

Advantages: Great storage, wireless and portable, no tapes!
Disadvantages: Takes AAA batteries which expire fast, not well thought out.

...At a glance the Olympus is not something i find particularly aesthetically pleasing, but this is an unimportant aspect of what is overall an excellent product. The colour is decribed as "champagne gold" but don't let the elegance fool you- the internal memory of the device stores up to 138 hours of recording time (in WMA file format), or 512MB. Some would argue that for a device which can be used as an MP3 player, this does not match up to the competition. ...
...slot together, once seperated the Olympus plugs directly into your computers USB port to download the voice and music files stored within. I found this particularly appealing: no wire is needed and when on the move, it is often necessary to use computers that are not your own. The last thing you want to be doing in a hurried situation is unravelling wires! As a storage device it is also possible to keep images and documents, just as you would on ...

Lofnorsk 24.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Olympus WS-310M 512 MB

A very disappointing product from Olympus

Advantages: very neat, easy to connect to a PC, runs for ages on a single AAA battery
Disadvantages: feels and looks cheap/nasty, fiddly controls, sound quality not the best

...to easy scratching. And because Olympus was too mean to supply a protective case, in a rucksack or a handbag scratches will appear after no time. Also - the control buttons are very small and fiddly, which may cause problems for people with short nails and fat fingers (many blokes). So I would say that WS-331M is a 'she' rather than a 'he'. To support this 'her' measurements amount to a very neat 94.8mm long by 38.6 mm wide by 11mm thick, without ...
...So altogether I reckon that Olympus should have stuck with MP3, like Sony did for its current generation of comparable dictation machines. Annoying Mac users is like playing with fire. You get burned eventually. However, while WS-331M records only in WMA format it will play back MP3 files fine, meaning that the unit functions as a poor person's iPod. The sound quality for music files is reasonable - though not a patch on the Apple product - and there's ...

jasonford 22.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Olympus WS-331M 2 GB

Olympus WS-320M 1GB

Advantages: Very stylish and easy to use
Disadvantages: None

The 1GB Olympus WS-320M is a great mp3 player simply as it holds so much music, and also being very lightweight and at a quite small size it easily slips int your pocket. With accurate buttons this is easily used and also has a hold button so the track dosent change while in your pocket. I would ideally get this audio equiptment aswell as it is a very good price, aslong as you look around. It also comes in a variety of colours inlcudin white. It ...
...for the simplicity of the Olympus WS-320M Digital Voice Recorder, perfect for professional life; record and playback meetings, notes and ideas for more than 277 hours (in long play mode). With the USB connection, the WS-300M connects to most computers and acts as a USB key to store any file formats on the 1 GB memory. Compact and light with an ergonomic design the WS-320M will replace your notepad for ever. Dimensions: 94 x 38 x 11 mm This also ...

jameswildi 26.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Olympus WS-320M 1 GB

Olypus DM 10 Mp3 player / Voice Recorder 64 mb

Advantages: Voice recording quality
Disadvantages: Size of memory

If your looking for an mp3 this is the wrong product for you. I would say from my personal experience that this product is best used in recording. The microphone is really good and records sound from a about a 10m radius. The battery life is quite good, but my favourite thing about the product is the headphones. It is small enough to fit in the pocket of my jeans and has a locking device so it doesnt turn on in your pocket. I would recommend this ...

james00j 23.05.2006 · Read full review
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