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What are the top digital voice recorders?

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The following list of the top six digital voice recorders is by Susan Ward from about.com. Use it to get idea of what features are available and what brands are considered to be the best.

Digital voice recorders are the solution for busy business people who want to record notes, meetings, and ideas without the fuss and bother of tapes.

These top digital voice recorders aren't digital voice transcriber systems, but they all have the ability to record and transfer information to your computer, making it easier to organize, edit and play back your voice files.

Olympus WS300M Digital Voice Recorder
Recording, sound quality and storage capacity – if those are the qualities you’re looking for in a digital voice recorder, this is the digital voice recorder you want. With 256 MB flash memory, the WS-300M voice recorder can store documents and images as well as audio. As for recording, it boasts of up to 68 hours of recording time (or about 66 songs) with features such as index marking and a variety of playback modes. And the sound? Superior.

Olympus WS-200S Digital Voice Recorder
This digital voice recorder also offers plenty of recording time - the Olympus WS-200S records up to 55 hours. Another real advantage of this digital recorder is a direct PC link; the digital recorder itself can be plugged directly into your PC for file transfer without a USB cable. Add to that an array of features such as four recording modes, index marking, and fast and slow playback modes and you've got a digital voice recorder that really offers a lot of bang for the buck.

Olympus DS-2 Digital Voice Recorder
The Olympus DS-2 Digital Voice Recorder makes recording and playing back voice files a breeze with a built-in stereo microphone, five quality modes, 12 different speeds, a variety of playback options, 22 hours of recording time and a battery life of up to 18 hours. And transferring files is easy thanks to the USB docking station. But what I really like is that this digital voice recorder comes with DSS Player Software, so editing recordings is easy, too. The downside? Only 64 MB of memory.

Sony ICDSX25VTP Digital Voice Recorder
It's sleek and stylish, but this digital voice recorder is a winner because of its features such as four recording modes, Digital Voice-Up function, advanced Digital Voice Operated Recording, and Digital Pitch Control which allows you to hear recordings at slower or faster than normal speeds to facilitate editing. Combine these with 11 hours and 35 minutes of recording time and five message files and you have a digital voice recorder that's a lot more than pretty.

Olympus DM-10 Digital Voice Recorder
This digital voice recorder allows you to record up to 22 hours of dictation or a full hour of MP3 or WMA music with superb stereo sound. The DM-10 digital voice recorder also has a USB docking station for fast downloading and uploading, five folders for voice files and two for music, four recording modes, and voice activation and index marking features.

Panasonic RRUS380 Digital Voice Recorder
What I really like about this digital voice recorder is that you can record up to 16.5 hours in SP (standard) mode, so you don't have to choose between recording time and sound quality. While this digital recorder doesn't have any fancy features such as index marking or Digital Pitch Control, it does have five message folders and Digital Voice Activated recording and is USB compatible, making transferring voice files a breeze. Voice Editing Professional Edition software is included.

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