Awesome, thank you for giving me a better idea on what to look for. I
was able to locate this composite option in both user manuals, the
dm-620 and the ls-14.
I also contacted Olympus's tech support this morning and was given a
pretty decent comparison between these two devices, along with the ls-100.
This ended up with me asking him a question, which he was unable to
really answer, so perhaps it's more appropriate to ask it here. He told
me that some of the options that the recorder supports, work better in
conjunction with the accompanying software, Sonority, so what types of
accessibility issues, if any would I have using it with NVDA?
Staying within my price range of about 200 bucks, I'm probably going to
begin focusing on either the 620 or the ls-14 which brings me to a small
question. What, if any differences in quality can I expect from the
microphones on either of these devices.
I know that the dm-620 has one extra file format it supports, Windows
Media Audio, which perhaps is not so important for me, so what can I
expect with using both these devices in recording either in .WAV or
.MP3, the two formats I'm more familiar with.
I've unfortunately not yet had any luck in locating a review of the 620,
to get a better idea of the microphones quality, I have listened to the
one recorded by Neal on the ls-14 though.
The one thing I do like about the ls-14 is the fact that the battery
life is greatly increased, all be the device being a tad bit larger, but
is the larger battery capacity plus possible higher quality in audio and
ability to hold slightly larger SD cards worth the extra cost?
Any experiences with either of these devices or even a possible small
recording of the dm-620s capabilities would be totally awesome.
Thank you again.
Blessings.
On 2/3/2014 9:32 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
Some Olympus ones do doit. It's called composet now. It's in the USB class
menu. It use to be Audio class.
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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of jeremy
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 10:53 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Olympus and zoom types of recorders and there features for
accessibility
Hello all,
Here recently, I started looking into a decent handheld recorder,
specifically one with the ability to record in fairly high quality stereo
and also be used as an external microphone for a computer.
While searching around for documentation on the different models, apparently
quite lacking with blindcooltech no longer working, I came across this list
and was hoping to refresh the interest in this topic and hopefully get some
advice.
So far, from what I've been able to dig up, it's a choice between, the
dm-520 or 620, the ls models, 5, 10, 14 and 100 and of course, the H1 from
zoom.
My main issues with locating documentation, specifically on the dm-620 is
the fact that several pages on this device state that it does not have the
accessible menus, comparing it to the dm-670, apparently a device specific
to European markets.
This however does not seem to be the case, as other sources state that it
comes with support for use by the visually impaired.
I've been able to locate a few of the podcasts, recorded by Neal Eurs and am
in the process of searching for any others I can find, however, one thing I
still can't find any information on is the ability to use these devices as
an external stereo mic for a computer, outside of recording. I'm honestly
not sure if this is just a lack of me not knowing the term used to describe
this, but even in the manuals for the olympus devices I've found, I can't
find any mention of this. I do know that the zoom has this ability and also
that several devices from olympus do as well, but I'm just looking for a
more complete list of accurate manuals/documentation.
I'm even considering contacting Olympus, here in the US to ask also, but I
wanted to find a list to hopefully ask other folks who've used these devices
first.
Lastly, I'm looking to spend at most around 200 dollars, hopefully a little
cheaper so any ideas that anyone can give that may fit the bill would be
greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Blessings.
