[bigbosstrom]

I need to purchase a digital voice recorder to record interviews. I would like to get something that I could upload into my ibook via usb and be able to turn it into text as well as save it as audio. Is there a digital voice recorder like this and can I do this stuff with it.

Keep in mind, I am not computer savvy.

Thanks

[bigbosstrom]

I believe you can use the iListen program to take the audio voice and turn them into text? Is that true?

Thanks for your help.

[analogika]

Yes, you can.

However, results with this sort of thing depend on audio and speech quality, and above all, on training the software.

If iListen is well-trained to the speaker on the tape, then conversion of audio files to text is painless and simple. A customer of mine uses it to convert material he dictates into his little portable recorder into text and is very pleased.

If you plan on using it to transcribe different speakers (such as various speakers at conferences, or a panel discussion), you're probably better off just typing it out or paying a transcription service.