Sony - Digital Voice Recorder - Black
Model: ICDPX440
SKU: 4679018
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Customers often highlight the excellent sound quality and ease of use of the Digital Voice Recorder. Many appreciate the convenient size and the handy USB port, while the long battery life is also frequently praised. A small number of customers mentioned that the carrying pouch was missing from their package.
I bought this voice recorder so I could record business meetings and workshops and later transcribe note. I works great. The voices are very clear and it even records in stereo. Total recording time and battery life are excellent. The software for your PC loads when you plug the device into your USB port. The software makes it easy to transfer the recordings to you PC and play them back, I especially like the 3 second skip forward or backward buttons.
Posted by BobFred
I really like the size of this dictaphone. I wanted one that had the USB cord to connect directly to my computer. It is very easy to use and the sound quality is very good and clear.
Posted by PEJACOT
I purchased this recorder to use to interview people for a technical book. I wanted something that had the ability to 1) produce higher quality files, 2) transfer the files from the recorder so as to be able to share with others 3) produce files in a common format (mp3). This device does all of that. It has different microphone sensitivity settings and I found that I really needed to set the microphone sensitivity to the most sensitive setting. I would prefer that it had a re-chargeable battery--I think that would be more user-friendly. The quality of the audio files is very good. The recorder has different settings for the bit rate for the mp3 files also. For voice, I have it set on medium, but you could set it higher to record music. For example, a friend of mine is a singer who has a very good voice. She recently did a Christmas concert and I would have liked to have used the recorder to see how it worked with that, but I purchased the recorder after the concert. That's about all I have on this. The recorder is a compact size and so portability is not an issue. Yes, overall this does exactly what I purchased it for and it works as advertised. My only regret, as stated above, is that it does not have an integral rechargeable battery.
Posted by BusinessUser