I wanna Buy a Dictaphone

luce181

Hi Everyone- Just starting an English Language course and need a dictaphone to record everyday speech, a lot of which will be children's speech!

Can anyone reccommend a good place to get one, I don't really know what type to get. I will be uploading them onto my laptop so guess I need one with a USB connection?!

I don't really want to spend too much, but want decent value for my money.

I haven't got a clue which ones are good, so any advice would be much appreciated! Will probably try and buy online if I can.

Thanks in advance

Lucy

ebsay2000

Why not use your finger like everyone else! :eek:


:rotfl:

mwjmum

...I knew someone would say that...the old ones are the best...

Enterprise_1701C

Look at MP3 players - a lot of the USB stick type ones have a voice record facility! You might even have one on your mobile phone if you have one.

luce181

Ok, very funny:rotfl:
But joking aside...
I really need a dictaphone, as I've tried recording on my phone and the sound quality isn't good enough. I need to use the information for quotations in my essays- I'm doing an English Language Degree so I need to be able to play it back and transcribe what people are saying.

ebsay- have you ever tried to transcribe people talking- it takes forever!
I need to record exactly what people say including pauses, intonation etc. :eek:
Also if I was trying to write down what a child says all I would have is 'what are you writing Lucy?' -not very helpful.

So if anyone has any advice on dictaphones it would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Enterprise_1701C

Found a few here for you:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143937

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=dictaphone&source=15

http://www.dabs.com/ProductList.aspx?SearchTerms=dictaphone&SearchMode=All&SearchKey=All&PageMode=3&NavigationKey=0&SearchType=1

luce181

Thanks Jane, that's really helpful :T

Am thinking of going for the Sony one as it seems good value...

Anyone else got any ideas?