Digital Voice Recorders and the Mac

Hi,
I am wanting to buy a Digital Voice Recorder. The ones I have come across all come with software that is Windows compatible but makes no mention if it is mac compatible as well. Does anyone have any experience with Digital Voice Recorders and/or are there any that will work out of the box with the mac?? Thanks!!!

you can try downloading audacity, its free and you can record stuff on your macbook with it

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Does anyone know of a Mac compatible digital voice recorder?

Check here:
http://www.recordergear.com/products.php?catid=83
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/newsLetter/Digital-Audio-Recorders-Buyers-Guide .jsp
If you own an iPod, the dictation option is built in.

What Digital Voice recorders that work with MacOS 10

Hi anyone know of voice recorders that work on Macs.
All I can find is ones with PC software?
R

Hi, Ray.
The Olympus DS series of Digital Voice Recorders work with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
I recently researched this question for another person who already had an Olympus DS and was looking for Tiger-compatibility information. I learned the following by making direct contact with Olympus technical support personnel.
The Olympus DS series 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

Olympus VN 2100 digital voice recorder and mac

Is there any way to get the voice recordings I have on my Olympus (VN 2100pc) digital voice recorder into my mac? I understand this recorder is not mac compatible but I have so many recordings that are important on this recorder before I realized it wasn't mac compatible. Any program that will allow me to convert files into mac, on my iBook?
Thank you.
Jeff

It is my understanding that the VN 2100PC has a USB port & cable. The VN 2100 does not; Olympus uses 'pc' to distinguish the two.
VN 2100pc: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpgsection/cpg_supportfaqs.asp?id=1270
VN 2100: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpgsection/cpg_supportfaqs.asp?id=1269
Is your question how to convert the files from CELP, ADPCM (WAVE) to a quicktime format after you plug the recorder into your computer and copy the files?
Or are you having trouble connecting your recorder to your computer?
It has been my experience that, once connected, a USB profile should show up in Finder and, after a bit of digging, you should be able to find your recordings and copy them.
Please let me know the status; if Olympus 'PC' recorders are not compatible with OS X, it would be good to know (I'm looking at digital recorder presently).

When I'm playing games on my Mac, I want to my viewers (from YouTube) to hear whats going on in the game, as far as I know, I can only record my voice audio, and the screen. Is there anyway I can record game audio too?

When I'm playing games on my Mac, I want to my viewers (from YouTube) to hear whats going on in the game, as far as I know, I can only record my voice audio, and the screen. Is there anyway I can record game audio too?

When I'm playing games on my Mac, I want to my viewers (from YouTube) to hear whats going on in the game, as far as I know, I can only record my voice audio, and the screen. Is there anyway I can record game audio too?
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What is the difference between Macs Voice Over and the text to talk feature

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Compatible Digital Voice Recorders

Hi,
I'm looking to buy a digital voice recorder to record lectures mostly. I need to transfer these files to my Mac, but I can't seem to find any recorders that are compatible with Macs. I have an RCA one which is good but I have to use my mom's PC to transfer the files which are in .VOC format, convert them to .WAV, then transfer to iTunes and create AAC versions. This all too much just to hear my recordings.
Anybody know of any digital voice recorders that transfer painlessly to Mac for about $50 max? Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks

Hello Anita81,
So you are wanting to do this through your iPod correct? Well, finding the right digital recorder does depend on what iPod model own. Just make sure when shopping around to verify that its compatible before purchasing.
Here is a Digital Voice Recorder from Griffin:
http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Technology-4020-TALK-iTalk-Recorder/dp/B0001WW398
Or this one from Belkin (Compatible only with Nano, 2G and 4G iPods):
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Voice-Recorder-iPod-White/dp/B0000TNWU6
Hope this helps a little bit.
B-rock

Voice Recorders and Garage Band

I am very new to Garage Band and I'm not sure it can do what I need it to.
I need a voice recorder that I can edit. I am familiar with Sony's voice recorders and their editing software, but I haven't seen anyone make Mac compatible editing software for their voice recorders. I recently bought the Belkin TuneTalk stereo for iPod, sounds great on my iTunes, but I would like to edit parts of the track out. I tried importing it to garage band but the playback was super fast. Is this an impossible task? do I need to convert the file when I import it into Garage Band? Any help either on how to make what I have work or suggestions of other devices or software would be appreciated.

The newest GarageBand (GarageBand 10.0) does no longer allow to add effects freely, each patch as predefined effect setting.
Use the nice tool "GBEffectFinder", to see which patches will support the effects you need. Download GBEffectFinder here from Bullets&BOnes: http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/File%20Pages/GBEffectFinder.html
The EpicDiva will be available in GarageBand 10.0, if you did not uninstall GarageBand '11, when you updated. Then you find the old GarageBand patches in the "legacy" section, e.g. "Legacy > GarageBand > Voices > Epicc Diva".
The upgrader will have moved your GarageBAbd '11 to a subfolder of Applcations. If you did not uninstall it, you can still use it.
If you did not yet do it, use the command "GarageBand > Restore Purchase", if you previously owned an earlier version. Expanding GarageBand for Mac (v10.0) content with an in-app purchase
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Those are the constituent parts of a standard mpeg2 DVD. Storing them is easy: just copy the folder to your hard drive and they will play in DVD player or VLC.
But that format is not intended for editing. To do so:
You need to convert the VOB files in the TS-Folder of the DVD back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A/quicktime-mpeg-2-playback-component-f or-mac-os-x
(unless you are running Lion in which case see below))
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
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Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
And from the TOU of these forums:
Keep within the Law
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Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store.
If you are running Lion:
From the MPEG Streamclip homepage
The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion onwards, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it. See this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381
To install the component in Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b7 beta above; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2 Component Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component in Lion. The original installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required.
The current versions of MPEG Streamclip cannot take advantage of the built-in MPEG-2 functionality of Lion. For MPEG-2 files you still need to install the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, which is not preinstalled in Lion. You don't have to install QuickTime 7.

How do i use my iMac and the macs wired internet connection to share the internet with my iPod and iPhone

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I have a Mac Pro using OSX 10.7.4. When using apple mail I click on the address icon to obtain email address and nothing happens. I've restarted both the application and the Mac but still won't open address book. Any ideas please.

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I would like to set up a homegroup with a new Macbook Pro and 2 Windows PCs. The PCs are wired to an Airport Time Machine and the Mac is wireless. All computers have internet through the Airport Time Machine.

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Is the Apple Digital AV Adapter and the Apple VGA Adapter the same thing

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