Who wants to use the device only for the issue itself can save. But a voice recorder can be more:
- Of / the "boss / -in" speaks it and / secretaries / -in typed. The mobile phone is "the boss"
- The received text is transferred via USB cable as sound file on the PC. There, you can Spoken with Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.0 Home in a Word.doc convert (from Office 2013).
-. Those who opt for the Olympus VN-731 Dictaphone including DNS, 2GB with voice recognition software to Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.0 Home can save and comes much cheaper
- Via USB cable and Magix Rescue Your Vinyl & Tapes! 2014 can digitize records without having to be a PC / laptop at hand
- A Yamaha PR-7 Ultra Compact Linear PCM Pocket Recorder, the Olympus VN-731 course, not replace, as it has incorporated as a voice recorder only a mono microphone
What the Olympus VN-731 does best:
+ Easy operation
+ Very good voice recording
+ 2 GB of internal memory
+ More than 100 hours of running time with two AAA batteries
What we liked less:
- The memory can not be expanded with a micro SD card for example.
- Possible only WMA file format
- "Variable Control Voice Actuator function (VCVA) is useful for hands-free operation with the voice recorder when the recording starts from a certain level of noise and stops automatically when silence / pauses.." - Which can be a pain, When you think a little longer and then forgets to activate the record button again
All in all, the Olympus VN-731 a viable Dictaphone. However, it raises the question of whether one, 2 GB with speech recognition software for the relatively small fee is not better off with the Olympus WS-831 incl. DNS Dictaphone. Because here the voice recognition software is already included in the package. In addition, stereo recordings, memory expansion with micro SD card and MP3 file format as an additional possible.
