With all the hoo-haa surrounding the Julia Gillard vs Kevin Rudd showdown in Parliament recently I have found myself glued to the TV and twitterstream (in particular the fantastic work by @latikambourke) for news and updates on the goings on in Canberra. One thing I find myself doing when a press conference is on or a politician is hijacked as they leave Canberra Airport is watching the press pack thrust various microphones and digital voice recorders in the face of said pollies.
Dragon Voice Recorder Edition or DVR Edition as it is more commonly known is often the keyword of many a Google search that ends up on my blog. I have referred to this product a couple of times over the life of iDictate but now feels like the right time to dedicate a post to this often overlooked Nuance family member.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Voice Recorder Edition is a Windows only product and comes, depending on which country you are in, with either an Olympus, Philips or Sony digital voice recorder. Now the recorders included are not particularly flash – they are generally the lower end of the range recorders, but they are good enough for digitally recorded voice to text. The DVR edition is generally priced very low and for those unaware when bundled with a voice recorder looks to be a bit of a bargain. But buyer beware there are a few things you need to know about this little bundle.
read moreWhat Is Dragon Voice Recorder [DVR] Edition And Should You Buy It?
[audio:https://www.idictate.com.au/podcast/idictate-palliative-care.mp3|titles=Listen To This Blog Post – Voice Recorders In The Community – Palliative Care] I had the pleasure of taking a phone call the other day from someone who works for an organisation thats uses digital voice recorders in their day to day business life. Nothing remarkable about that, there are a huge number of … read more
Want a simple way to record your office meeting, podcast, audio book, interview or round table focus group in high quality audio with a shockingly good looking non-intrusive, high quality array mic? Of course you do. Add to that the fact that this little beauty was conceived in Australia, has won an Australian design award and picked up a MacWorld 2012 best in show award earlier this year in San Francisco on its first outing then you not only have a simple to use voice recorder but also a talking point and lets face it something to show off about.
Dev-Audio based on the Gold Coast, Queensland have been developing the Microcone for the last couple of years. Going through numerous design and build phases until it evolved to the stage it is at now, ready for the world. Using the worldwide distribution of the Mac App Store that is exactly where it is headed. With its recent MacWorld 2012 exposure this innovative yet simple voice recording system has caught the eye of the US, UK and Australian press and the momentum is now starting to build with global users enjoying the latest multi person, multi track recording via this solid little award winning array mic. Aimed at the small meeting market of up-to six people this device will be at home in any sized business.
read moreDev-Audio Microcone wins Australian Design Award and MacWorld Best In Show 2012
In my last blog post I talked about some new innovative technology that Olympus have built into to their new range of WS series digital voice recorders which was announced in early January 2012 and on display on the Olympus stand at CES 2012 in San Francisco.
In this post we will look a little closer at the new three digital voice recorders (WS-811, WS-812 and WS-813), see how they are different from the models they will replace (WS-650S/WS-750M/WS-760M) and speculate on when we might see these in Australia. Gone finally is the trailing letter on the model of the recorders that we have seen for so many years where S used to denote Stereo and M was for music, now simply the series, WS, and the model number.
New Olympus WS Series Digital Voice Recorders
read moreNew Olympus WS Series Recorders For 2012 – WS-811/WS-812/WS-813
January is not only the time of year where you and I make resolutions doomed to fail in the first week but more importantly the time of the year where the worlds gadget companies and technology press converge at CES to show the world their latest and greatest for the future and the upcoming year. Olympus is just another name in the crowd at CES showcasing new digital voice recorders and some interesting additions to the feature set of a digital voice recorder.
read moreInnovations We Can Expect From Olympus Voice In 2012 – Voice Changer, Playback and Balancer