The dictaphones you can get nowadays are so much better than any from the past. The clarity of playback is a heck of a lot better, along with the amount you can store on them. The size has of course got smaller and smaller over the years, as with many modern gadgets. It seems to be the smaller then better, this isn't always good though, especially for gentleman who do not have small hands! You won't have any trouble with this one though. The quality of playback is fantastic. This is partly due to the noise cancelling microphones which are built in to the device. This stops the usual fuzzy playback that you can get from older dictaphones. There is also the ...  Read the complete review

I came across the Olympus DM 550 when I first started university last year. I am dyslexic and qualified for DSA and they recommended this model for me and as they were paying for it I accepted. I was very sceptical at first as I have had a different, much cheaper olympus voice recorder while at college and did not use it much due to the quality of play back. I found it to pick up any sound close to it, like paper rustlingand the lecturers voice would be muffled. I did not expect my new one to be any different but how wrong I was - The Voice recorder When I first had it delivered I was impressed with its looks and quality alone. It is quite slim (thicker ...  Read the complete review

INTRODUCTION This is my current dictaphone and so far I am really impressed by it. Since going to university I have fallen in love with dictaphone and don't think people give them another credit as they are now viewed as a fairly old school device. PRODUCT The device comes in a sleek, shiny black case, and is nice and light weight and compact, without being too small. The deuce has a dot matrix display, which even though it sounds retro is plenty good enough for what tryout need it for. The screen also has a backlight to make it easy to see and read in dim light. The device has a headphone socket, a mini USB socket and a Micro SD card ...  Read the complete review

When I first started in med school, this little hand held Dictaphone by the market leader Olympus came in so handy it was unbelievable. Why buy a Dictaphone when most phones have a recording device built in? We had a lecturer that hated mobile phones and would insist we turned off ours right in front of him as we entered the hall. So to be able to record not only what he had to say during his lectures, but notes and quotes and statistics and the correct way to pronounce the almost impossible to pronounce medical terms, made this an absolutely priceless tool to have The play back is crystal clear of course depending on surrounding sounds. But the ...  Read the complete review

The first i heard of these dictaphones was when I was given a demonstration of one so I could make a decision for my Disabled Students Allowance claim for university. The first thing that struck me was the compact size. It will easily fit pretty much anywhere and not hinder the people around you. In terms of ease of use, you won't get much better. It is easy to navigate the menus, initiate recordings and play back what you recorded. As a person studying film and television production I know a reasonable amount about sound and sound quality and can honestly say the audio files are great! No quality issues at all and you get a huge recording time on top of that! The ...  Read the complete review