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Olympus voice are an innovative bunch, they don’t tend to sit on their hands doing not a lot, they keep refining and evolving their range of digital voice recorders. It is not uncommon to see digital voice recorder models come and go in the space of a single year. As such we often find customers coming back after years of use to replace their digital note taker or dictaphone only to find that their old model voice recorder has been replaced by a newer model.
In an attempt to make finding the current equivalent voice recorder to replace your old trusty Olympus digital voice recorder a little easier I have compiled a list of old models and their latest equivalents. This list covers PCM music recorders, interview/meeting/focus group recorders, budget recorders, the Pro range of digital dictaphones and finally Olympus digital transcription kits.
Olympus DS Series Digital Dictaphones
- Olympus DS-2200 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DS-2500
- Olympus DS-2300 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DS-2500
- Olympus DS-3300 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DS-3500
- Olympus DS-4000 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DS-9500
- Olympus DS-2400 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DS-2500
- Olympus DS-3400 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DS-3500
- Olympus DS-5000 & DS-5000iD discontinued, equivalent Olympus DS-9500
- Olympus DS-7000 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DS-9500
Olympus Digital Transcription Kits
- Olympus AS-2300 discontinued, equivalent AS-2400
- Olympus AS-4000 discontinued, equivalent AS-9000
- Olympus AS-5000 discontinued, equivalent AS-9000
- Olympus AS-7000 discontinued, equivalent AS-9000
Olympus WS Series Digital Note Takers
The latest range of WS Series digital voice recorders from Olympus are:
- Olympus WS-852 – 4Gb – MP3 recording
- Olympus WS-853 – 8Gb – MP3 recording
These two replace the following list of WS series recorders:
- Olympus WS-100
- Olympus WS-110S
- Olympus WS-200S
- Olympus WS-210S
- Olympus WS-300M
- Olympus WS-310M
- Olympus WS-311M
- Olympus WS-320M
- Olympus WS-321M
- Olympus WS-331M
- Olympus WS-450S
- Olympus WS-550M
- Olympus WS-560M
- Olympus WS-650S
- Olympus WS-750M
- Olympus WS-760M
- Olympus WS-811
- Olympus WS-812
- Olympus WS-813
- Olympus WS-831
- Olympus WS-832
- Olympus WS-833
Olympus VN Series Basic Digital Notetakers
- Olympus VN-2100PC discontinued, equivalent Olympus VN-8500PC or VN-8600PC
- Olympus VN-3100PC discontinued, equivalent Olympus VN-8500PC or VN-8600PC
- Olympus VN-3500PC discontinued, equivalent Olympus VN-8500PC or VN-8600PC
- Olympus VN-5500PC discontinued, equivalent Olympus VN-8500PC or VN-8600PC
- Olympus VN-6800PC discontinued, equivalent Olympus VN-8500PC or VN-8600PC
- Olympus VN-8500PC discontinued, equivalent Olympus VN-711PC
- Olympus VN-8600PC discontinued, equivalent Olympus VN-712PC
Olympus DP Series Basic Digital Notetaker
- Olympus DP-20 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DP-211
Olympus DM Series Digital Meeting Recorders
- Olympus DM-450 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DM-901
- Olympus DM-550 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DM-7
- Olympus DM-3 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DM-901
- Olympus DM-5 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DM-7
Olympus DS Series Digital Meeting Recorders
- Olympus DS-30 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DM-3
- Olympus DS-40 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DM-3
- Olympus DS-50 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DM-3
- Olympus DS-55 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DM-3
- Olympus DS-65 discontinued, equivalent Olympus DM-3
Olympus LS Series Digital PCM Music Recorders
- Olympus LS-10 discontinued, equivalent Olympus LS-P4
- Olympus LS-11 discontinued, equivalent Olympus LS-P4
- Olympus LS-3 discontinued, equivalent Olympus LS-P4
- Olympus LS-12 discontinued, equivalent Olympus LS-P4
- Olympus LS-14 discontinued, equivalent Olympus LS-P4
If your older model Olympus digital voice recorder is not on the list please leave a comment with the model number and we will add it.
Is Olympus Dictaphone DP 211 compatible with Mac OS X 10.9 ?
Hello Henry
No the DP-211 is not compatible with Mac or Windows, it has no ability to connect to any computer to transfer audio recordings. Recordings are only stored on the device, and for that reason is quite useless and should be avoided.
I hope that helps.
Dave
Dictate
Can I use a DM 770 to replace the DS 4000….or have they got different functions?
Hello
The DM series is a bit different to the DS series. DM are voice recorders typically used for recording interviews or meetings, the DS are the traditional dictaphones aimed at single speaker letter and note-taking.
The key difference being a voice recorder has a defined start and stop, ie the length of the recording. The dictaphone acts like an old style tape recorder, you can rewind and listen to your audio, overwrite your audio and even append to your audio.
If you want to replace your DS-4000 I would suggest either the latest DS-9000 kit / DS-9500 kit or give the Olympus Dictation App for your smartphone a try. We can set you up on a free trial of that for 60 days if that helps.
Dave
Dictate
I want to replace my Olympus DS-330 which is only compatible with Windows 7. I am used to the side button for easy backup to listen to what I said seconds ago. Is there a similar replacement? Most of them have a reverse button on the front which quickly backs you up all the way to the beginning of the recording
Hello Paul, thanks for your comment and congratulations on keeping hold of your DS-330 for so long. The type of recorder you need is a dictaphone (emulates the old tape rewind functionality) as opposed to a voice recorder which just records a set audio session (think interview or meeting). Your choices now are DS-2600, DS-9000 or DS-9500 in the physical dictaphone range. You could also swap to the Olympus Dictation App which also has the functionality you are after. We can set you up on a 60 day free trial if you are interested in that, post trial you need a yearly licence (called ODDS) which you can find details of here: https://dictat.es/odds – hope that helps. Dave @ Dictate