Olympus WS 750M - Digital voice recorder - flash 4 GB - WMA, MP3 - grey

This does exactly what it says on the tin. It provides good quality recordings in a variety of settings. As an academic, I interview people individually and in groups of varying sizes in places with wildly differing accoustics. The settings on the olympus allow you to use a variety of filters which eliminate boom etc. The music recording is also good. Olympus also provided 24 hour turn round in email support when I couldn't turn on some features. So excellent.

I purchased the Olympus WS-750M from amazon in March 2011 and I have been using it for 2 weeks now and I have found it to be an excellent digital dictaphone.

The plus points:

1. comes with 4GB memory which is a lot and you can easily add much more using a micro SD card.
2. Its small and light and very portable.
3. The battery life is good and it can easily be charged with a USB port. You don't even need a usb cable, it just plugs directly into a usb port.
4. The system menu is very user friendly and simple. I did not even read the manual and could easily use it.
5. The quality of the recordings are very high. It picks up a lot of detail.
6. Reasonably priced.

The negative point:

1. The system speaker is not very loud, so not great for people with hearing difficulties.

Overall an excellent digital dictaphone which I would recommend to anyone.

Having owned the Olympus WS750M Digital voice recorder for few days, I thought it would be worthwhile to pen a quick review.

My first impression, having received the package from Amazon, was that the unit was smaller, lighter and less robust than I had expected for the price. The inclusion in the box of a USB connection cable also came as a surprise until I realised that I had missed the built in USB stalk which the product uses to connect to the computer.

Having purchased this in order to be able to dictate using the Dragon Naturally Speaking software, I was pleased to discover that the menu functions allow for automatically recording with this in mind. I have already recorded a fair amount of notes, and was pleased to find that the software was able to transcribe it fairly easily, making errors only in about 5% of words. And this with very little training.

The menu functions, whilst not necessarily laid out to perfection, allow one to adjust almost the minutia of settings, which should be available on a voice recorder of this type. Being able to select from numerous qualities of stereo recording are important as I require the ability to record for long periods as well as - on occasion - recording very high quality, in such settings as my working life dictates.

At first I was disappointed that I was unable to edit my recordings and could only add new recordings or split recordings and delete sections, rather than being able to simply jump in and record over a section I had recorded previously - Like with an old tape Dictaphone for example. However, being able to edit on the computer once the voice has been transcribed makes things quite a bit easier.

The sound is very clear, both on the microphone on the front of the device, and through the earphones provided. The important thing is to get the mic sensitivity right.

All in all a good little machine, which I'm sure will be very handy for all sorts of applications.

[Below is what I recorded with the ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPTION through Dragon Naturally Speaking, without extensive training or using the 'correct' function that comes with the software. I have not edited this in ANY way. Promise. Oh, and I would recommend the DNS software too...]

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having owned the Olympus WS750M Digital voice recorder. From few days, I thought it would be worthwhile to pen a quick review.
My first impression, having received a package from Amazon, was that the unit was smaller, lighter and less robust than I had expected for the price. The inclusion in the box of a USB connection cable also came as a surprise until I realised that I had missed the built in USB stalk which the product uses to connect to the computer.
Having purchased this in order to be able to dictate using at the Dragon naturally speaking software. I was pleased to discover that the menu functions allow for automatically recording with this in mind. I have already recorded a fair amount of notes, and was pleased to find that the software was able to transcribe it fairly easily. Making errors only in about 5% of words. And this without with very little training.
The menu functions, whilst not necessarily laid out to perfection and allow one to adjust almost the minute he I of settings, which should be available on a voice recorder of this type. Being able to select from numerous qualities of stereo recording are important as I'm require the ability to record for long periods as well as on occasion, recording very high quality. In such settings as my working life dictates.
At first I was disappointed that I was unable to get its my recordings and could only add new recordings or split recordings and delete sections. Rather than being able to simply jump in and recalled over a section I had recorded previously. Like with an old tape dictaphone for example. However, being able to edit on the computer once the voice has been transcribed makes things quite a bit easier.
The sound is very clear both on the speaker on the front of the device, and through the ear phones provided. The important thing is to get the Mike. Sensitivity write.
All in all a good little machine, which I'm sure will be very handy for all sorts of applications.