[gui-talk] Olympus sound recorder, anyone?

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

Hi.  You have a DS-50.  I bought the same unit for that price at the 2007
convention, and I'm a satisfied user.

Off-list I can send you a text version of the manual, which someone created
from the PDF.  There have also been a couple of MP3 podcasts about this
device which have been helpful to me, especially regarding changing the
batteries.

I don't know of an accessible way to move files from one folder to another,
although perhaps you could achieve the same thing by using the PC transfer
program.  You can set its time using the transfer program, but you cannot
use the timer recording features in an accessible manner.

I use the unit to record choir rehearsals, plus some of the rehearsals of my
church praise band, where I play congas.  I have also recorded some
meetings, family gatherings and outdoor sounds with it.  It usually goes
with me in my backpack because I never know when I might want to record
something.  

You can reply off-list to lras at sprynet.com.



Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:58 PM
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> Subject: [gui-talk] Olympus sound recorder, anyone?
> 
> Hi all --
> Does anyone else have one?
> I bought this little gadget at the 2007 nfb convention, thinking I was
> getting something with an accessible interface, but while some of the
> functions speak, i don't find it at all easy to use without sight.
> Also, it came with a manual that was almost an inch thick, and in print,
> but
> I can't find it now, and between me and my non-tech-savvy Mom, we have not
> figured out how to make it work. I snapped a picture of some of the manual
> with my knfb reader, and generally played around with the unit, but I
> think
> this would go so much faster with feedback from a hopefully satisfied
> user.
> 
> I have recorded some things on it already, but my current barrier is
> managing the sound files.
> 
> If anyone cares to make a suggestion, please feel free to post
> instructions
> for simple operations, such as how do I navigate the directories -- and
> how
> is the file system defined/managed?
> How do I perform simple operations on a file?
> 
> 
> TIA
> --le
>