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
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.
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