[Electronics-Talk] accessible digital voice recorders

[Mac David]

I saw a couple of voice recorder apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, that all work with voiceover several of them are blind friendly. Do not remember the names of them off the top of my head. They were around five or $10 hope this helps 

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> On Oct 21, 2023, at 5:00 PM, Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> It sounds like the HP 4 is no longer made if you can only get it on EBay.
> Is the spoken menus in a male or female voice?
> What did this recorder do for recording such as the formats it had? Did it
> have three microphones like the dm 620 and 720 have?
> 
> Curious to know about it because it sounds like now the dm 720 is the more
> accessible one with voice guidance on menus. I have the dm 520 now which is
> an older model of the dm 720.
> The good thing is it even beeps when you press the record and stop buttons
> so you can really know you pressed them. Also it will announce when its
> battery is low.
> I've never seen the hp4 so cannot compare its features.
> 
> Ashley
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Raymond Foret Jr via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 10:55 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Raymond Foret Jr <rforet7706 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] accessible digital voice recorders
> 
> I use an Olympus HP 4 which is now only available on Ebay but it's the best
> recorder they made.  If you want something even better, might I suggest the
> Eltranex V12 pro.
> 
> Fully accessible and it has a very good mp3 encoder at 320KBPS.  
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
> Still a very proud Mac, Xfinity Mobile and Apple TV user
> 
>>> On Oct 17, 2023, at 8:23 PM, Aaron Spears via Electronics-Talk
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi.
>> 
>> 
>> I don't have any other choices but I do want to recommend the Dm720. I
> use mine heavily. I have it and a very similar older Lsp2, I prefer the
> Dm720 over the Lsp2. I have basically no complaints.
>> 
>> 
>> Here is an audio file I made recently with my dm720 and an external
> headset, the Andrea Sp405 that you can no longer get. I did edit in
> commentary using a computer later, that editing was not done on the recorder
> itself.
>> 
>> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xhiv2q6ayaz92shmrvkr5/adjusting-the-port-an
> d-starboard-idle-screws-on-the-duplex-carburetor-on-my-John-Deere-620-comm
> entary-included.MP3?dl=1
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers:
>> Aaron Spears, AKA Valiant8086 General Partner at Valiant Galaxy
> Associates "we make (VERY GOOD AUDIOGAMES) for the blind comunity"
> http://valiantGalaxy.com
>> 
>>> On 10/17/2023 4:54 PM, Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm looking for a voice recorder with high quality recording such as
> wav,
>>> mp4, or mp3 with a 320 bit rate.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> New devices seem to be coming out. I'm aware of the Olympus dm 720
> which has
>>> spoken menus once the voice guidance feature is turned on.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know if any of Sony's recorders are accessible? Ideally,
> I'd
>>> like the buttons to speak so I do not lose track of menus But if they
> beep
>>> or have an audible indicator, I'd consider it accessible.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I just saw the Phillips Tracer recorder at a store. Anyone know if
>>> this
> is
>>> accessible?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Ashley
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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