Recording interviews

[João Antônio Justi]

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audionote-notepad-voice-recorder/id369820957?mt=8<-
this app does that. I use it for recording classes though (& the sound
quality is pretty good), so I'm not sure whether it'd be as useful with
interviews.

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:38 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've got a Philips digital recorder and it sounds basically the same as
> Ian's - you can get super cheap ones that don't allow you to transfer to
> your computer (maybe around $30 US?). The next step up is more like $80-100
> and is all you'd really need I think.
>
> If voice recognition software ever reached that level I'd be in heaven.
> Right now you end up with Dada-esque prose that bears no relation to what
> you've said.
>
> If you have an iPad or equivalent (I don't) apparently there's a way nifty
> app that records and allows you to enter keywords during conversations, and
> when playing back you can skip straight to that point by clicking the word.
> I've heard it's a must-have.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I have a dandy little Olympus digital voice recorder. Battery life is
>> lots of hours, and storage is almost scary. I can download directly to
>> my computer and create discs of the interviews. When voice recognition
>> attains the level of sophistication it needs to transcribe any voice,
>> it may be possible to transcribe to print pretty quickly. It is also
>> very compact.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Any recommendations for what to use to record an interview these days?
>> >  A friend says he's given interviews into the interviewer's smart
>> > phone, even, but ...
>> >
>> > ... for reliability, storage capacity, recording retrieval, battery
>> > power, ease of transcription, et al. ...
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
>> creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
>> trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
>> of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
>> than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
>>
>
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