Voice+Recorders

Olympus seems to be the most prominent maker of digital voice recorders. I learned about them from Linda Boice, a TIMAC Super Mentor, then I bought one for myself when I became CATESOL Board Secretary so that I can have audio minutes as a back up. Penny Pearson bought one for herself and liked using it. Suzanne Ludlum and Susan Coulter have Olympus Digital Recorders, too.

Susan Coulter learned about hers at CUE, when she attended a workshop on Tool Factory Software for podcasting [[|http://www.toolfactory.com/products/page?id=2121.]] They recommended a specific Olympus model to the attendees. I believe Susan said it was WD331M. &

Suzanne Ludlum also has that cool and cute microphone that should improve the quality of the recording. I believe it's Noise-Cancellation Microphone (ME-12). 

Another **free** software to convert WMA [windows media audio which is the format created by most of the Olympus voice recorders] to MP3 is Switch. 

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_voicerecorders.asp

~Branka