Tag : olympus ws, with usb, voice recorder, 100 64, interface, mb digital

Company : Olympus List Price : $99.99 Amazon Price : $69.00 Used Price : $42.99 Average customer review :

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Features

• Compact, high-quality digital voice recorder with 64 MB internal flash memory
• Records up to 27 hours of WMA audio; also stores non-voice files such as documents and images
• USB Direct design plugs directly into PC or Mac's USB port; 3 recording modes (HQ, SP, and LP)
• 5 separate file folders with 199 files each; voice activation mode enables hands-free recording
• Runs for roughly 13 hours on 1 AAA battery; 1.57 x 3.7 x 0.59 inches (W x H x D); 1-year warranty

Product Description

Users of the WS-100 voice recorder can enjoy a great sense of freedom, not being bound by cables or weighed down by a docking cradle. You can record and play back your meeting recordings, notes and ideas for over 27 hours in LP mode while the mass storage class support means you can connect it directly to virtually any PC. The WS-100 saves all file types to its memory in an instant, whether they are your pictures, presentations or text documents, ensuring fast, secure and convenient transportation and transfer of your data.

Customer reviews

Very convenient
I am a reporter and I find that this is a very convenient device, without too many functions or menus. I'm using it on a daily basis.

Cranky Little Device
When this product works, it's great: convenient, portable, runs on one battery, and the audio quality is quite good. However, I'm no techno-idiot but this device makes me feel like one. It indicates that it is on and recording and then I go home to find that, in fact, it has NOT been recording. I also have a very hard time deleting files. Sometimes it's a snap and sometimes I need to fiddle with it for long, frustrating minutes to get it to do what I want it to. Maybe it's just me, but I'm a fan of Olympus and have never had any trouble understanding their interfaces before. I'd like to crush this under my heel sometimes, but it has made some good recordings of meetings, rehearsals and public speaking engagements for me.

Just what I needed
As a grandparent, I wanted something small and unintrusive I could place on a table to record spontaneous conversations of my grandchildren. This item picks up voices effectively from 10-15 feet away. It has been working perfectly. I make CDs of the recordings to give to the parents.

Easy way to record
I love it! Easy way to use, small and practical. When I am done I can put all records in my folder's laptop.

A bit overrated
Pros: Small and light; created wma files that I can use on both my Mac and Windows machines; comes with USB cable; can use it as a flash drive.

Cons: Mine just went completely dead only 23 days after 1 year warranty expired, and not particularly heavy use; low battery warning on LCD not much use, as it has a tendency to go from half charge to nothing without warning in the middle of a one hour meeting - you need to keep your eye on it, and a spare battery in your pocket; picks up too much background noise and doesn't do a good job of picking up soft-spoken individuals in a meeting room.