On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Mike M wrote: > On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 12:50:38PM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: > > Anybody have one of these gizmos or can offer advice? I'm looking for one > > that: > > > > - Can record a minimum of 2 hours; > > - Has some facility for downloading to a linux box; > > - Has an external mic jack so I can record phone conversations as > > necessary; and > > - Doesn't cost too much. > > > > Any advice? > > I had a Sony Voice Balloon. A veritable piece of crap that one was. > Used expensive button batteries and when through them quickly because > the unit was always being turned on accidentially when it was in my pocket. > > The recording quality was poor. I would record something and play it > back immediately and understand what I had said. When I reviewed the > items a day or more later, very often I could not understand what I > had said. I would have to repeat the items and try to decipher my own > notes.
Sounds awful. > > Things have probably gotten better since that experience a couple of > years ago. Probably even have 'em with USB connectors so they look > like disk drives. > They do, but from googling it looks like they often use proprietary file formats and/or software... bad! > How about asking some MDs? They are always yaking into those > things. They probably have the best user opinions. Good thought - married to one of 'em so I'll ask! ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
