I need a handheld digital dictation machine which I can use to record up to
15 hours of talk, and then transfer into my PC in mp3 or other format via
USB. I then need to convert it to text. (If I could convert it into text in
the hand-held, so that I could check that the text is correct as I speak,
that would be better, but I've been told that this is an unrealistic
aspiration). The dictation will be made in a noisy diesel vehicle, and will
probably be made with a head-mounted microphone. I'm looking at the
Panasonic RR-US395S, does anyone have any better ideas?

I was thinking of buying something in Argos, but they have excluded all of
their dictation machines from their 16-day money back offer. Can anyone
think of another shop where I would be able to return it if the
dictation-in-a-diesel-vehicle thing didn't work satisfactorily?

So you've started a new job as a gumshoe?

"John Rowland" wrote:
I need a handheld digital dictation machine which I can use to record up
to 15 hours of talk, and then transfer into my PC in mp3 or other format
via USB. I then need to convert it to text. (If I could convert it into
text in the hand-held, so that I could check that the text is correct as I
speak, that would be better, but I've been told that this is an
unrealistic aspiration). The dictation will be made in a noisy diesel
vehicle, and will probably be made with a head-mounted microphone. I'm
looking at the Panasonic RR-US395S, does anyone have any better ideas?

I was thinking of buying something in Argos, but they have excluded all of
their dictation machines from their 16-day money back offer. Can anyone
think of another shop where I would be able to return it if the
dictation-in-a-diesel-vehicle thing didn't work satisfactorily?

I am pleased that Argos has stopped this, they should extend this to
everything they sell. I am sick of being offered items which are obviously
customer returns yet being charged the full retail price. In theory, you
could return this item if you made it clear at the time of purchase that you
required it to work under noisy vehicle conditions and the retailer agreed
that they would take it back if it didn't work under those conditions. But I
don't know of any retailer who would be prepared to do this, for obvious
financial reasons. Would you?