Digital Voice Recorders

Nowadays digital voice recorders have become more than just a simple voice recording devices – apart from their main function they can be used as mp3 players, digital data carriers and some have a built-in FM radio. With dozens of models to choose from it might be worth getting to know something more about digital voice recorders. 

• Digital Voice Recorders Recording Time – this largely depends on the type of recording quality you choose to record at. A lot of digital voice recorders offer hundreds of hours of recording time but you should know that this is usually reflects in sound quality – the longer recording time the lower recording quality. If you require high quality recording for professional purposes you should look at recording times for highest quality. Most of digital voice recorders have the option to record sound in at least 3 modes which gives you a lot of versatility. 

• Memory Type – most of digital voice recorders come with built-in memory that is not extendable but the variety of memory capacities allows you to choose a device with impressive recording times even for the highest quality setting. The smallest memory size you will find nowadays is 1GB which usually allows recording between 30 and 300 hours depending on the recording quality. Digital voice recorders which are available on our site come with memory sizes of 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB. Some digital voice recorders (usually more advanced models) use SD memory cards instead of built-in memory which makes it easy to extend the memory size if needed. 

• Data Storage and Transfer – having quick and easy access to the recorded files is quite important for anyone using voice recorder on daily basis. You should look for a digital voice recorder which stores data in minimum 5 separate folders which allows you efficient organisation of your files. 

• Another important feature to look for is PC connectivity – most of digital voice recorders use a USB cable connection to transfer the files and it is an efficient system as usually it doesn’t require installation of any extra software. Digital voice recorders which operate on SD memory cards give the option of either connecting via a USB cable or by placing the memory card directly into your computer. 

• Voice Activation – this one of the most useful features in digital voice recorders which turns on recording whenever someone starts speaking. It is great for dictation, interviews and lectures as it doesn’t record the dead space. Such feature not only saves the memory space on the digital voice recorders but also makes it more convenient for transcribing as you don’t have to go through periods of silence. 

• Transcription From Digital Voice Recorders – In order to transcribe voice files into text you need to use a certain type of software that allows this. Such software can be bought separately or comes supplied with more advanced digital voice recorders. One thing worth remembering is that you have to record at highest possible quality to use this kind of software. If you choose to manually transcribe your recordings you will need to get dictation accessories such as foot pedals and headphones. 

• The range of digital voice recorders on our site includes equipment from Olympus and Philips which are the leaders in digital dictation products industry. We offer basic digital voice recorders ideal for school or college, medium range voice recorders which can be used for business purposes as well as fully professional digital voice recorders which come bundled with dictation software and accessories.