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iFLYTEK Smart Recorder review – Voice transcription without the internet or apps

REVIEW – Doctor’s appointments, important meetings, and important calls are why a good voice recorder is useful. Sure, you can use your phone’s built-in voice recorder, but a dedicated device with long battery life and built-in voice-to-text transcription could be a better option. Let’s see if the iFLYTEK Smart Voice Recorder is just that. What […]

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PLAUD NOTE review – ChatGPT empowered AI voice recorder

By Julie Strietelmeier / June 27, 2023 / Reviews / Crowdfunded, voice recorder / 10 Comments

CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – Voice recorders aren’t the sexiest gadgets on the market, but that changes today with the PLAUD NOTE which is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter. This sleek recorder not only records phone calls and meetings, but it transcribes them into text and uses ChatGPT to summarize the notes. Let’s take it for a

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TileRec voice-activated digital voice recorder review

By Julie Strietelmeier / January 31, 2020 / Reviews / voice recorder / 26 Comments

REVIEW – I can remember having a large cassette recorder when I was a kid. I used that thing to record songs off the radio, make silly shows with my sister, and tape myself playing guitar. When I got older, I always wanted a smaller recorder with the micro cassettes but as a broke kid

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Senstone Wearable Recorder review

By Julian Perry / January 23, 2020 / Reviews / Audio, voice recorder / 5 Comments

REVIEW – As I start to write this review, I must first confess that each year my handwriting gets worse, and many times I am unable to read what I have written when I need to refer to my notes. For this reason, I have been using a voice-activated recorder at meetings to ensure that

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The Tascam DR-40 4-Track Handheld Digital Audio Recorder puts the right sound in the palm of your hand

By Julian Perry / May 26, 2018 / News / voice recorder / 1 Comment

By now, I am sure that most of the Gadgeteer readers that have been following my reviews and news stories know that I really like the Zoom audio recorders. However, before I ever tried a Zoom audio recorder, I owned a couple of Tascam devices. Just recently, I stumbled across a Tascam audio recorder that

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The Zoom H6 Handy Recorder gives you the quality audio recordings that you really need

By Julian Perry / March 18, 2018 / News / voice recorder / 1 Comment

For those of us who are also into filmmaking, audio quality and the ability to capture great audio quality whether in the studio or in the field, is a mandatory prerequisite for any good production. I have tried a few portable recorders and I was not quite satisfied with the balance of audio quality and

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The Olympus VP-10 Digital Voice Recorder is sleek, effective, and discreet

By Julian Perry / March 5, 2018 / News / voice recorder / 2 Comments

Personal portable Digital Voice Recorders are widely available with numerous customer driven features, and for a price range of less than $50 up to several hundred dollars. I have used a few in the past from various manufacturers, and while I was mostly satisfied, I always felt that there was room for improvement, whether it

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