On my desk is an Olympus DS-330. The unit comes with a nice docking cradle and Olympus DSS Player 2002 software. I have not used it a lot but for recording a couple meetings and permanently saving some voice mail messages off my phone it has done a good job. The controls are not as intuitive as I would like but with a little practice it should become second nature. Playback quality is very good out of the recorder’s speaker, less good out of my PC speakers but still quite good enough. If it matters I’ve seen this one on TV several times where reporters all flock around someone with recorders in their hands trying to get a quick quote so it must play back well for them. The batteries (2 AAA) haven’t needed replaced yet and it’s been on my desk at least a month with moderate use. There is a jack for an AC adapter to plug in and an earphone jack, neither of which have I used. There is also a “hold” switch which effectively locks up the whole unit so you don’t accidentally hit a button and record when you don’t want to or more importantly accidentally delete something you may really need.
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