Having looked at the recorder I wouldn’t describe it as having outstanding features. This product has been designed around accessibility and that’s a good thing but for a recorder itself? Well its not outstanding even at its price point. For me a recorder is a recorder meaning I want the recorder to do exactly what it was designed to do, record and record as well as my finances will allow. To put it another way, I know there are talking microwave ovens available but they cost hundreds of dollars. So the question is why pay hundreds of dollars when you can purchase a very good oven for no more than a couple of hundred dollars at most which has far more functionality than the talking microwave itself? Grant you the Talking microwave talks but has limited cooking functions and cooking functions are exactly what I buy a microwave oven for. Similarly I buy a recorder to record and - whilst Voice Guidance is a very nice and appreciated touch - its not the be and end all when making a choice for a recorder. An FM radio in a recorder? Yeah a nice and convenient tool to have perhaps not not an essential feature. The bit depth and sampling rate won’t worry those who are wanting to use the recorder for note taking but again why would you pay for a product of inferior audio quality when the Olympus LS-P4 - which is a far more powerful recording instrument - is around the same price? And of course there are other recorders out there other than those we’ve been discussing, the Zoom H1N comes to mind and I really must try one at some stage to see if its better than my Zoom H1 machine which I still treasure as that was my first field recorder.
> On 20 Jun 2018, at 10:43 pm, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah I'd love to hear how this Eltrinex recorder sounds. Cause if it's real > accessible and real good sounding than that's great. > > Especially for someone who wants accessibility. Cause apparently this has > more accessibility then the Olympus recorders. But again this from what I > heard in the clip could have a synth of some sort. Olympus just has a lady > say stuff and they connect her recordings to each menu choice. Which is a > great idea but it means that total accessibility like a plextalk would mean > haveing this person speak every single little thing this rcorder does. Which > as we've seen with the P recorders they have had her say some more but we > aren't DM-4 level yet. > On 6/20/2018 7:00 AM, Don Breda wrote: >> Dane I decided to give the eltrinex recorder a try since for messages and >> other notes it really stands out in its capabilities. >> >> >> I did purchase one yesterday and will give it a try. >> >> >> I will report to the list on its prose and cons and maybe share a few >> recordings once I have had it for a while. >> >> >> I will be returning the ls-p1 for a full refund. >> >> >> I do have an ls-14 for high quality recordings although these days I usually >> use my iPhone for that so we shall see what happens with regard to the >> eltrinex. >> >> >> Don >> >> >> >> >> On 19-Jun-18 7:40 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>> In these situations I always hope I’m wrong, so are you going to have the >>> P1 swapped for a P4 or think about something entirely different. >>> >>> >>>> On 20 Jun 2018, at 5:50 am, Aidan <aidan.smartt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, this eltrinex don't have xlr and such for hamit, so I guess its >>>> sort of comparible with pocket or higher. Since it don't seem to have >>>> stereo microphones I cannot recall. >>>> >>>> On 19/06/2018, Aidan <aidan.smartt...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:aidan.smartt...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> Olympus dm7. >>>>> >>>>> On 19/06/2018, Bob Hicks <b...@seeinghandassociation.com >>>>> <mailto:b...@seeinghandassociation.com>> wrote: >>>>>> What is the complete model name of the DM 7? tnx >>>>>> >>>>>> Have a great day! >>>>>> >>>>>> Bob Hicks >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: all-audio@groups.io <mailto:all-audio@groups.io> >>>>>> [mailto:all-audio@groups.io <mailto:all-audio@groups.io>] On Behalf Of >>>>>> Aidan >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 9:56 AM >>>>>> To: all-audio@groups.io <mailto:all-audio@groups.io> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Another Olympus recorder question: >>>>>> >>>>>> Of corse olympus continued the work after the dm4, they done the dm7 wich >>>>>> have improvements there. Example, on dm4 you had to switch a setting on >>>>>> wich >>>>>> allow file names to be spoken, but with dm7 there is no such thing, it >>>>>> just >>>>>> works. It read everything even the password for wifi. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 19/06/2018, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net >>>>>> <mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net>> wrote: >>>>>>> I don’t want to spoil the party but I think you’re going to be a >>>>>>> little disappointed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 19 Jun 2018, at 8:39 am, Don Breda <don.br...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Dane. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I will report back tomorrow but my understanding is that the ls-p1 is >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> ls-p2 without the bluetooth feature. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The manual seems to indicate that voice guidance is there but I will >>>>>>>> confirm tomorrow. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Believe me if it doesn't its going back right away grin! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Don >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 18-Jun-18 6:17 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>>>>>>>> I hope I’m wrong, I think the LS-P1 is one of Those that don’t have >>>>>>>>> speech and not all Olympus recorders do. >>>>>>>>> As I understand it the LS-P1 is the model down from the LS-p2 and >>>>>>>>> lacks some of the functionality of the P2 including Voice Guidance. >>>>>>>>> As per your question regarding TTS? I’ll need some help on this but >>>>>>>>> to my knowledge the DM4 was one of the few Olympus recorders to have >>>>>>>>> a fully fledged TTS built-in so that’s why that particular model was >>>>>>>>> able to handle so much more in the form of Daisy books and so on. >>>>>>>>> It is a pity that Olympus never continued on with the good work of >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> DM4 to finish the job but there we are. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 19 Jun 2018, at 6:55 am, Don Breda <don.br...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi listers, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Eagerly awaiting the arrival tomorrow of my ls-p1 recorder and had >>>>>>>>>> one question. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Does the ls-p series actually contain a text to speech synthesizer >>>>>>>>>> as I am told the olympus dm-4 does? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I ask because I would like to give names to the folders on the >>>>>>>>>> recorder and possibly create new ones and have their names spoken. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Don >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ********** >>>>>>>>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest >>>>>>>>> of the halfwits in this world behind. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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