What Recorder to purchase? Is there a recorder that i can speak into, and it types or creates a document on my computer without me typing?
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I just found your post while asking this same question. I've also found an answer. There's a computer program called Dragon Naturally Speaking that will do this. The basic software, Dragon 9 or 10, is about $60 on Amazon.com. B. Lueders
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We bought several of these for the express purpose of recording wiring instructions on computers.First of all, let's make sure it does what you think it does. It is a microphone that you put in your ear. It hears both sides of the conversation. That microphone needs to plug into something which records. your computer can do that with software, as long as you plug the microphone into a microphone jack on it. Windows comes with "Sound Recorder", or you can download Audacity or any of a bunch of other applications. You may need to open the microphone properties and set the volume and boost all the way up to get reasonable volume on the recording. We bought several of these for the express purpose of recording wiring instructions on computers.First of all, let's make sure it does what you think it does. It is a microphone that you put in your ear. It hears both sides of the conversation. That microphone needs to plug into something which records. your computer can do that with software, as long as you plug the microphone into a microphone jack on it. Windows comes with "Sound Recorder", or you can download Audacity or any of a bunch of other applications. You may need to open the microphone properties and set the... » Read More We bought several of these for the express purpose of recording wiring instructions on computers.First of all, let's make sure it does what you think it does. It is a microphone that you put in your ear. It hears both sides of the conversation. That microphone needs to plug into something which records. your computer can do that with software, as long as you plug the microphone into a microphone jack on it. Windows comes with "Sound Recorder", or you can download Audacity or any of a bunch of other applications. You may need to open the microphone properties and set the volume and boost all the way up to get reasonable volume on the recording. « Show Less
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It's not in the vinicity of me, but I remember it has such a function. It can do anything a normal recorder can do. Ask others to make sure plz!
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This works through your computer, PC or laptop, not with any recorder. This is for digital transcription, not tapes.
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Sorry, I don't know. I think you can select music. I suppose if you digitally record what you want to say, you could that for sure. But I don't know if there is a plug in for a microphone to directly records anything. I will look when I get home, if you don't hear from me than it does not. good luck.
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Consider switching to Open Office. Its free! Plus it can read MS office documents. In the "save as" options you can even save your Open Office doc as a MS doc. Just a suggestion from someone staggered by the price of office.
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Yes, you need a voice recorder. This microphone plugs into the microphone jack on a digital recorder.
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Hey Jonathan, this is an awesome mic. No recorder needed. But if your recording from far away a recorder would be best. I do a lot of interviews with mine and it works great.
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Honestly I don't remember it coming with any recording software. I've used this as nothing more than a Midi Keyboard with Reason. If you want recording software, you should look into something more professional and something that's suited for that kind of work. Reason, Ableton, FL Studio ect...
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There is a built-in recording device, although I have not yet used it. In addition, the USB connects to a computer, and there is software included for recording to a computer. I simply have not had time yet to use these features. I'm old-school and transcribe melody by hand!
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Can you please recommend me any recording software to use with this? I just don't know any! :-) Thanks!
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Pls dont buy....I've already wasted my investment. I contacted them about the weird transcription, they suggested me to contact software company, then I emailed them, did not get fruitful results. It totally waste of your resources. Better, buy cheap recorder.
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On the back of the recorder is a slide button. When you slide that down, a USB connection emerges from the bottom of the recorder. Just plug that into the USB port of a computer, and the recorder will show up in your computer files as if it were a thumb drive. You can then access the files (they are listed by date if you have set the date/time on the recorder), and you can rename them, and drop and drag them (or just save them) to folders on the computer. It's really a neat feature of this recorder, and one of the reasons I bought it. It's worked great for me.David
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I would be grateful if you could post how you did this a mic on your computer. I have now tried a couple of ways and as the other poster had said, it did not work. I plugged it into the mic jack on my laptop. I then tried recording with 1) Sound recorder (under Microsoft Accesories) and with 2) Audicity. For Auditicy, I verified it could record fine w/o the mic and made sure I had the source input for auditcity be a microphone. so it appears the other poster is correct - but if you know some trick, please post so the rest of us can use it! (or if you realize you were mistaken, it would help us to know that too.) Thanks much. I would be grateful if you could post how you did this a mic on your computer. I have now tried a couple of ways and as the other poster had said, it did not work. I plugged it into the mic jack on my laptop. I then tried recording with 1) Sound recorder (under Microsoft Accesories) and with 2) Audicity. For Auditicy, I verified it could record fine w/o the mic and made sure I had the source input for auditcity be a microphone. so it appears the other poster is correct - but if you know some trick, please post so the rest of us can use it! (or if you realize you were mistaken, it would help... » Read More I would be grateful if you could post how you did this a mic on your computer. I have now tried a couple of ways and as the other poster had said, it did not work. I plugged it into the mic jack on my laptop. I then tried recording with 1) Sound recorder (under Microsoft Accesories) and with 2) Audicity. For Auditicy, I verified it could record fine w/o the mic and made sure I had the source input for auditcity be a microphone. so it appears the other poster is correct - but if you know some trick, please post so the rest of us can use it! (or if you realize you were mistaken, it would help us to know that too.) Thanks much. « Show Less
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You download the audio from the recorder. Then you get a software CD to install on your PC. Using the software, you select which audio file from the recorder you would like to have transcribed by the software(1 audio file at a time). Not you cannot use your machine or navigate away from the location the transcription is being documented.
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Yeah, totally! You just need a mic obviously and some software. Audacity should work fine, which is free. Just plug this in to a USB port, plug the mic in, set everything up, and hit record.
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It really depends on what computer you have, what you're using to get your mics into the computer, etc. It also really depends on what you're recording and what it's for. It all depends on the situation really. I know when it comes to doing film and on-set dialogue I definitely want to use the recorder. It's portable, lightweight, and it's basically direct input from the mic. When it comes to most everything else though: instruments, vocals, voice overs, etc. then I'd go with the computer. I like being able to see the waveform, which you can't do on the DR-40. You can see when it clips and then general level but not the waveform. It really depends on the situation as I said. For instrument and vocal recording, get a mixer and run everything into the computer, recording with Pro Tools or Audition. I'd say this device is most optimized for film work. It's great for getting mics into a pocket recording device. It's portable and easy and lightweight. Without the mics it is also really good for getting spacious sound environments.