[pct-l] Keeping a trail journal - digital recorder?

[Tortoise]

Thanx for the update.

Went down to the loco Walmart yesterday and bought one. Now to study the manual so I can operate it. :-( 

Tried using my iPod touch and it is so so for the purpose.

Typed on my iPad.

On Jul 9, 2012, at 7:31, Trekker4 at aol.com wrote:

> Cleaning out email; found this old, unread post; & hi, Piper; thought my input might be useful:
>  
>     Almost 2 years ago, I switched from a microcassette recorder to a digital voice recorder. Before then DVRs hadn't been very good, with low memory capacities, etc.
>     The microcassette recorders required extra tapes, might quit working when in a high moisture environment such as fog, and were subject to mechanical failure if dropped. I did have one that got washed, but recovered after 2 days of drying out; on the other hand, I dropped one onto dirt, and something mechanical inside broke.
>     My Sony ICD-PX312, other models poss available, (~50-60 $ @ Best Buy; poss less online) is far better, with essentially none of the above problems. It has multiple tracks, so one can talk about other things while walking (just don't forget which track you're talking to); it has gobs of memory, especially with a microSD card - 2GB internal and 2GB on my uSD card, which is probably several months of hike journaling. The files are MP3, and can be downloaded onto a computer for writing up a journal (I'm tempted to try some voice recognition software). Like digital cameras, they are more sophisticated, with several record settings to decide on, and one can do a lot of other things with the recorded tracks. 
>     Some of you may be saying, "Get to the point; what does it weigh?": 2.5 oz w/2 lithium AAA batteries, significantly less than my old microcassette. Being digital, the batteries last longer also.
>  
> Bob "Trekker" Brewer
> Naturalized Citizen - Republic of Texas
>  
> In a message dated 11/12/2010 11:17:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Tortoise73 at charter.net writes:
> I've seen some little digital audio recorders in WalMart. Has anyone used 
> these, especially for keeping notes while hiking, for their journal. Then 
> transcribe later on the trail, in town, or at home?
> 
> Tortoise
> 
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