Apple compatible voice recorder

[dawnrazor]

Hi All - I am currently looking for a resonably priced voice recorder that is compatible with apple computers. I know olympus do a full range of voice recorders, put many will not work with apples. If anyone has experience of a particular make and model and I could pass that information on, that would be cool. I'm looking for something between a student model and a professional jorno model. cheers.

 

[Sceneshifter]

Can't you just send the line out to your soundcard? I have never had an issue with compatibiity to be honest, with voice recorders

 

[rh13]

Apple compatible voice recorder

Sure, you can just put a line into a sound card and make a sound file. But that isn't the idea. Most of these voice recorders are modern forms of dictaphone machines. People want the software to make the playback more like a dictaphone. Also, some of the software converts voice files to text and you can copy files from the recorder to the computer without playing the file. Unfortunately, I don't think any of them use a common sound file format, they all have their own format. Dang.

 

[longofest]

Many of the Olympus line do not SAY that they are Mac compatible, but in fact they probably are. I have a WS-311M and it is Mac compatible. On the downside, it creates the files as .wma's, but its pretty easy to convert them over to .aif or AAC with iTunes/Quicktime.

 

[agd21]

Mac compatible audio recorder now available. MP3 file ready.

The new SONY ICD-UX70 (1 GB) claims to be Mac & PC Mac compatible. $70. No software, just plug it in to the USB port and it apparently appears as a storage device on your desktop. Then you can just drag the MP3 files over to your Mac.

See: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-ICDUX70-...1?ie=UTF8&s=audio-video&qid=1240194743&sr=1-1