Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder
Thanks very much for the advice on voice recorders - both personally and to the list. I have gone with the Sony ICD-UX200. James. On 29/09/11 15:43, Alan Pope wrote: On 29 September 2011 15:24, James Morrisseymorrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew of a decent digital voice recorder that is compatible with Ubuntu. Any Zoom one will. They record WAV/MP3. The Zoom H1 is quite plasticy and cheap looking but has decent microphones. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder
Hi Timothy, Thanks for the advice. I went with the Sony, as you mentioned. I'll have a look at transcription software and let you know if i come up with anything useful. Hopefully i can get something working natively in Linux. All the best and thanks again for the advice. James. On 29/09/11 22:53, Timothy Rittman wrote: Hi James, I use the Sony ICD-UX200 http://www.sony.co.uk/product/dic-voice-and-music-recorders/icd-ux200. I haven't come across any compatibility issues with it. It's got good sound quality and, importantly, a USB port which hides away very neatly. When plugged in you can drag and drop sound files as if it were a normal USB stick. The battery life is good and it has 2Gb of memory. It's maybe a bit more expensive than other similar devices (around £80), but it seems to do the job very well. I mainly use it for writing articles and notes. The main thing missing from it is a decent rewind button whilst recording; once it's recorded you can't re-record the last few seconds if you've made a mistake. It sounds like that wouldn't be too much a of a problem for your sort of work. For transcription I use Express scribe software: http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.html. There is a free linux version, but I couldn't get it to work. However the windows version works well in wine. If you find a better open source alternative please let me know! Alternatively, the voice recorder itself has a playback function where you can slow down the speed for easier transcription, or you can play the recordings in any mp3 player (but without the ability to slow it down effectively in the ones I tried). At work I've used various olympus voice recorders, which have the advantage of a better rewind to re-record function. However, as you say I'm not sure what the compatibility is like and they tend to be a lot more expensive. I've also tried a Philips voice recorder (I can't remember which one) but it was a lot more fiddly to use and didn't have the inbuilt USB or slow playback functions. All the best with your work in Ethiopia, it sounds interesting. Kind regards, Tim On 29/09/11 15:43, Alan Pope wrote: On 29 September 2011 15:24, James Morrisseymorrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew of a decent digital voice recorder that is compatible with Ubuntu. Any Zoom one will. They record WAV/MP3. The Zoom H1 is quite plasticy and cheap looking but has decent microphones. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder
On 3 October 2011 16:25, James Morrissey morrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Timothy, Thanks for the advice. I went with the Sony, as you mentioned. I'll have a look at transcription software and let you know if i come up with anything useful. Hopefully i can get something working natively in Linux. In the past I have used this:- http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/presentation.php But looking at that webpage, it may have been replaced with this:- http://transag.sourceforge.net/ the first one at least is in the Ubuntu repositories so should be easy to test. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder
I was wondering if anyone knew of a decent digital voice recorder that is compatible with Ubuntu. I am heading off on fieldwork where i will need to record interviews for subsequent transcribing. The recorder need not be too sophisticated and ideally fairly cheap. It just needs do the basics of recording, have a decent battery life and memory (i will be working in rural Ethiopia so away from power points for extended periods) and be small enough to make it easy to carry around (long walks across farmers fields in the mountains) and not intrusive in interviews. From what i can tell most people suggest the Olympus or Sony models but both of these appear to have compatibility issues with Ubuntu. If anyone has any ideas, they'd be very much appreciated. Thanks, James. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder
On 29 September 2011 15:24, James Morrissey morrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew of a decent digital voice recorder that is compatible with Ubuntu. I am heading off on fieldwork where i will need to record interviews for subsequent transcribing. The recorder need not be too sophisticated and ideally fairly cheap. It just needs do the basics of recording, have a decent battery life and memory (i will be working in rural Ethiopia so away from power points for extended periods) and be small enough to make it easy to carry around (long walks across farmers fields in the mountains) and not intrusive in interviews. From what i can tell most people suggest the Olympus or Sony models but both of these appear to have compatibility issues with Ubuntu. If anyone has any ideas, they'd be very much appreciated. Thanks, James. I would have thought a cheap mp3 player which supports voice recording would be ideal. They just dump the recording to the SD card as a wav or mp3 or whatever. -- Regards, Kris Douglas. www.krisd.eu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder
On 29 September 2011 15:24, James Morrissey morrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew of a decent digital voice recorder that is compatible with Ubuntu. Any Zoom one will. They record WAV/MP3. The Zoom H1 is quite plasticy and cheap looking but has decent microphones. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder
Hi James, I use the Sony ICD-UX200 http://www.sony.co.uk/product/dic-voice-and-music-recorders/icd-ux200. I haven't come across any compatibility issues with it. It's got good sound quality and, importantly, a USB port which hides away very neatly. When plugged in you can drag and drop sound files as if it were a normal USB stick. The battery life is good and it has 2Gb of memory. It's maybe a bit more expensive than other similar devices (around £80), but it seems to do the job very well. I mainly use it for writing articles and notes. The main thing missing from it is a decent rewind button whilst recording; once it's recorded you can't re-record the last few seconds if you've made a mistake. It sounds like that wouldn't be too much a of a problem for your sort of work. For transcription I use Express scribe software: http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.html. There is a free linux version, but I couldn't get it to work. However the windows version works well in wine. If you find a better open source alternative please let me know! Alternatively, the voice recorder itself has a playback function where you can slow down the speed for easier transcription, or you can play the recordings in any mp3 player (but without the ability to slow it down effectively in the ones I tried). At work I've used various olympus voice recorders, which have the advantage of a better rewind to re-record function. However, as you say I'm not sure what the compatibility is like and they tend to be a lot more expensive. I've also tried a Philips voice recorder (I can't remember which one) but it was a lot more fiddly to use and didn't have the inbuilt USB or slow playback functions. All the best with your work in Ethiopia, it sounds interesting. Kind regards, Tim On 29/09/11 15:43, Alan Pope wrote: On 29 September 2011 15:24, James Morrisseymorrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew of a decent digital voice recorder that is compatible with Ubuntu. Any Zoom one will. They record WAV/MP3. The Zoom H1 is quite plasticy and cheap looking but has decent microphones. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
