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Summary: Wanted to add more stars ;-p
Review: I just wanted to add more stars for my use of this recorder. I intended to use it only for my lectures at first but I couldn't use Dragon software for the professors' voices. How can they give me sample voices to train that software??? I bought "bundle" to get that software. I usually have 3 classes per day so I could use only LP mode and found out that using external mic is much better than the built-in mic from recorder. Later, I converted old songs from tapes (otherwise, they're going to die soon) by ST mode. I bought audio cable from RadioShack with ~$8 and connected between recorder and cassette player. I could listen with earphone or external speakers while recording (to cut off between songs). The sound quality was awsome even from old tapes! I even converted them into MP3 format but you'll need to save in high quality wav file format. Sometimes, I converted them into WMA format with MS Plus!. I could listen old songs from tapes with a MP3 player. It will be a nice gift for my father on Fathers' Day. Of course, it took time and required a lot of hard drive space and CDs but for me, worth it! I wish Sony should have bigger memory size for longer ST and SP modes, not just LP.
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Summary: Cannot transcribe from LP mode
Review: I was so excited to purchase this bundle with Dragon naturally speaking software in Sony recorder but after opening everything and reading manuals, upset to find out that I cannot transcribe from LP mode (i.e. max. recording mode: 334 minutes). My primary purpose is to transcribe lectures from school. I've more than one class a day and it takes about 3 hours per class. Dragon software and Sony recorder themselves are good but if your intension is like mine, it's useless. It can transcribe only in stereo mode (41 min) and standard mode (125 min). I read all reviews from amazon and sony websties including fine prints but none of them mentioned it can't transcribe in LP mode. Hope this will help for your purchase.
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