Are there any OS X (Tiger) compatible voice recorders?

I am looking for a voice recorder to speak into - for writing a book. Olympus' website offers a few, compatible with OS X to 10.3.
Does anyone know of any voice recorders compatible with the latest Mac OS X (10.4.5)?
Thank you.
PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

Hi, fei.
I found your question interesting, so I did some research. I eventually wound up speaking to a technical support person who works for Olympus. Normally, questions like this should be addressed directly with the vendor.
The Olympus digital voice recorders ship with an application called DSS Player which is used to access, download, and convert files from the recorder to your Mac.
The short answer is that if you install the DSS Player application that comes with their digital voice recorders, and then install the "DSS Player for Mac (OS X) V6 Update to V6.0.4" — which can be found using their Support - Downloads Web page — then the DSS Player software will work with Tiger.
They are planning to update their Web site to reflect this as well as provide a FAQ. The basic instructions are the following:
• If your Olympus digital voice recorder comes with DSS Player V6, you simply install "DSS Player for Mac (OS X) V6 Update to V6.0.4" using the instructions in the Read Me file.
• If your Olympus digital voice recored comes with DSS Player versiion 1.xx, you first install the "DSS Player for Mac (OS X) Upgrade from version 1.xx to V6" using the instructions in the Read Me file, then install "DSS Player for Mac (OS X) V6 Update to V6.0.4," again following the instructions in its Read Me file.
StuffIt Expander is required to unpack these downloads. Tiger, unlike prior versions of Mac OS X, does not include Stuffit Expander: see "Mac OS X 10.4: Where is StuffIt Expander?" If you don't have StuffIt Expander, a free download of such for Mac OS X 10.4 can be found here.
To go from speech-to-text, which I presume is your main use as an author, one would also need to install software for speech-to-text conversion. According to the documentation I've read on DSS Player, the software will work with IBM ViaVoice. Another option is to use iListen™ from MacSpeech. According to this old technical note re: iListen, you'd use DSS Player to convert the .dss audio file to an .aiff file for use with iListen.
Given the choice of ViaVoice or iListen, I'd go with iListen: it's compatible with Tiger and is a supported product. Development on the ViaVoice product may have ceased since Nuance acquired the distribution rights. IBM sold the worldwide distribution rights for its ViaVoice product to Nuance (nee ScanSoft) in April 2003. While ViaVoice works under Tiger, Nuance notes some issues in this support document on their site.
Therefore, iListen would be my choice for speech-to-text.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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