[nabentre] Digital Recorder

Homme, James james.homme at highmark.com
Mon Sep 12 17:38:30 UTC 2011 

Hi Brian,
Is the TP7 from Olympus?

Thanks.

Jim

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From: nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Schulz
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 12:48 PM
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hey
i said if you can memorize what buttons to hit get something cheaper.
the tp7 and your preferred product are about the same price.

Bryan Schulz

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From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [nabentre] Digital Recorder


> Dear Brian,
>
> Picky, picky, picky.
> The one I have picks up just fine.
> If there is a hum in the line, there is a hum in the line.
> As I under stand it, he is just after the ability to record an incoming 
> call on a cheap digital recorder.
> That is what I answered to.
> If he wants to get a perfect, clear recording, and can spend the money for 
> the equipment than he is asking the wrong people.  He needs to talk to an 
> audio engineer.
> I do have some experience in this area as an engineer for General 
> Electric, Nuclear Energy Division.
> I worked with a number of ex-nuclear sub sailors and we were developing a 
> acoustic leak detection system for use on steam generators and heat 
> exchangers for the Clinch River Fast Breeder Reactor Program.
> This type of reactor uses sodium as a coolant instead of water.  Sodium 
> and water don't get along and any leaks in the system can be explosive. 
> Therefore, we had to be able to detect micro leaks early and plug them off 
> safely.  We were good enough that we could find leaks as small as 3 
> microns inside a heat exchanger some 85 feet long
> and 12 feet in diameter with over 200 individual tubes.  We could even 
> detect rats walking on and around the heat exchangers and hear workers 
> working on and around them too.  Leaks had their own signature and we 
> learned to screen out the other sounds.
>
> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 2:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabentre] Digital Recorder
>
>
>> hi,
>>
>> those sucion cup models capture hum on the line.
>>
>> Bryan Schulz
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
>> To: "NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 12:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabentre] Digital Recorder
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Dear James,
>>>
>>> You can buy a stick on mike that has a suction bcup on it and sticks to 
>>> the back of the telephone hand set and plugs into the mike jack on your 
>>> recorder from radio shack.
>>> I use mine at work sometimes to record info from people for lost and 
>>> found reports.
>>> I use an Olympus  digital recorder for my notes and such.
>>>
>>> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Homme, James" <james.homme at highmark.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 1:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nabentre] Digital Recorder
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Brad,
>>>> Thanks. I was looking on http://www.radioshack.com, and they had one 
>>>> for something like $39 or $49 that you could use, then copy the files 
>>>> to your computer. I am pretty sure I just want it to be able to do 
>>>> things like record interviews with those who give me permission, or 
>>>> record stuff I want to remember for later.
>>>>
>>>> Do you happen to know of a way to record phone conversations that is 
>>>> easy to set up?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>>> On Behalf Of Brad Dunse'
>>>> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 1:00 PM
>>>> To: NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabentre] Digital Recorder
>>>>
>>>> Depending on your use. For voice noting use only you can get them on
>>>> Amazon for under $30 such as an Olympus VN6000 for example. For music
>>>> use or higher quality needs  for recording WAV format probably a
>>>> couple hundred and up with SD card capabilities. Olympus has nice
>>>> units and support blind folks with voice menus on the more spendy
>>>> ones. I've a DS70 or is it 71, can't recall. It was like $325 when it
>>>> first came out but now they've all come down some. I use mine as a
>>>> mic as well for doing music work tapes, they got a pretty good mic in
>>>> them actually.   For daily use I use the Olympus VN6000 and just got
>>>> another one a couple months back for $33 including shipping. I've
>>>> dropped mine several times sending it flinging across the room and it
>>>> keeps on working... after I found the battery cover and batteries
>>>> that is :). I usually go for the discontinued models because with GB
>>>> capabilities continually going up, I'd rather stay lower for
>>>> cheaper  as long as it works for me. The VN6000 will record 6000
>>>> minutes on the lowest bit rate quality and I think 8 hours on its
>>>> highest quality.
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>> On 9/9/2011  11:43 AM Homme, James said...
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>Is it reasonable to expect to be able to get an inexpensive, usable,
>>>>>digital recorder these days?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim Homme,
>>>>>Usability Services,
>>>>>Phone: 412-544-1810.
>>>>>
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