Comments on: Podcast for free or spend $1000? http://portablepd.edublogs.org/2008/10/28/podcast-for-free-or-spend-1000/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:44:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Nathan Toft http://portablepd.edublogs.org/2008/10/28/podcast-for-free-or-spend-1000/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Nathan Toft Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:38:41 +0000 http://portablepd.edublogs.org/?p=215#comment-189 @Sani Girona, We really like the Sony. Our school board makes it difficult to install software on school computers so the plug and play makes things much easier. We recently experimented with hooking up an inexpensive desktop computer mike to it and were pleased with the results. Our students tend to bump the recorders around when they record resulting in a lot of extra noise and using the desktop mike virtually eliminated that problem. @Sani Girona, We really like the Sony. Our school board makes it difficult to install software on school computers so the plug and play makes things much easier.

We recently experimented with hooking up an inexpensive desktop computer mike to it and were pleased with the results. Our students tend to bump the recorders around when they record resulting in a lot of extra noise and using the desktop mike virtually eliminated that problem.

]]> By: Sani Girona http://portablepd.edublogs.org/2008/10/28/podcast-for-free-or-spend-1000/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Sani Girona Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:06:18 +0000 http://portablepd.edublogs.org/?p=215#comment-188 Wooow. Indeed, Sony ICD-UX70S MP3 Recorder seems to be a gadget all teachers should ask for and get for free to use in their classrooms, shouldn't they? Wesley, reading you also are a user of Olympus WS I find sort a twin soul ! Birds of a feather ... ;-)... But let's be realistic and become unfaithful to Olympus ...and skip to this even userfriendy Sony recorder. I once wondered why Olympus hadn't done a little better and chosen mp3 format instead of mwa... But my wondering was to no avail. All things considered, happiness consist of loving what you can get and forget about what you cannot get , ie avoid getting frustrated ;-) Now that we can get Sony ... I think I'm going to spoil myself with one of these recorders, and become the happiest once more ;-) See you soon on your web & Diigo tool Wooow. Indeed, Sony ICD-UX70S MP3 Recorder seems to be a gadget all teachers should ask for and get for free to use in their classrooms, shouldn’t they?

Wesley, reading you also are a user of Olympus WS I find sort a twin soul ! Birds of a feather … ;-) …
But let’s be realistic and become unfaithful to Olympus …and skip to this even userfriendy Sony recorder. I once wondered why Olympus hadn’t done a little better and chosen mp3 format instead of mwa… But my wondering was to no avail.
All things considered, happiness consist of loving what you can get and forget about what you cannot get , ie avoid getting frustrated ;-)

Now that we can get Sony … I think I’m going to spoil myself with one of these recorders, and become the happiest once more ;-)

See you soon on your web & Diigo tool

]]> By: Nathan Toft http://portablepd.edublogs.org/2008/10/28/podcast-for-free-or-spend-1000/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Nathan Toft Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:13:09 +0000 http://portablepd.edublogs.org/?p=215#comment-105 This was a real eureka moment for us. We had been using Olympus recorders for two years before then and found it hassle to have to convert the audio files to something Audacity would understand. We managed to get our Sony voice recorders for around 80 dollars Canadian but have noticed that they are now in the $130 range. This was a real eureka moment for us. We had been using Olympus recorders for two years before then and found it hassle to have to convert the audio files to something Audacity would understand. We managed to get our Sony voice recorders for around 80 dollars Canadian but have noticed that they are now in the $130 range.

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://portablepd.edublogs.org/2008/10/28/podcast-for-free-or-spend-1000/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Wesley Fryer Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:17:22 +0000 http://portablepd.edublogs.org/?p=215#comment-104 What a great list of resources! I am especially keen to learn about the Sony ICD-UX70S recorder! I saw via the link you provided that it does record natively in mp3 format! We use the Olympus WS-110 recorders, which I love, but they unfortunately record in WMA format which requires us to use the "switch" software program to convert to WAV or MP3. We get them with a discount for around $58 US each. I'm going to check into the Sony ICD-UX70S now, however. What a great list of resources! I am especially keen to learn about the Sony ICD-UX70S recorder! I saw via the link you provided that it does record natively in mp3 format! We use the Olympus WS-110 recorders, which I love, but they unfortunately record in WMA format which requires us to use the “switch” software program to convert to WAV or MP3. We get them with a discount for around $58 US each. I’m going to check into the Sony ICD-UX70S now, however.

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