I'm probably not in the right section with this, but here goes. When we start our years tour of Europe I want to be able to record my thoughts etc as I'm driving along, without pressing buttons or fiddling with knobs. I know there's some nifty Bluetooth stuff for mobile phones, but could this technology be applied to my need? :?
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Sorry to be flippant, but when you have researched the best solution, please post it here. Now I have cracked the navigation friction by buying a GPS, some technology to arbitrate over the following would be welcome:
"But 5 minutes ago you said (insert your choice)"
"No I didn't"
"Um, well, I'm pretty sure you did"
"I certainly did not; I said nothing of the kind"
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Dave
"But 5 minutes ago you said (insert your choice)"
"No I didn't"
"Um, well, I'm pretty sure you did"
"I certainly did not; I said nothing of the kind"
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Dave
Our son has a device that activates his tape recorder when his aircraft radio speaks
the triger thingy is a seperate device so would operate from your spach to start the recorder
The problem may be the mains power supply - Dont thik they willmake long enogh leads or allow you to trail them behind
Will sk him what the trigger thingy is though
the triger thingy is a seperate device so would operate from your spach to start the recorder
The problem may be the mains power supply - Dont thik they willmake long enogh leads or allow you to trail them behind
Will sk him what the trigger thingy is though
I do this in a fashion?
I have a couple of Sony digital dictaphone things. One cheapo one, and one more expensive one. (The cheapo one was for use in my truck.. and is hammered).
These are quite small things, which slip into a shirt pocket with ease.
Both units I have can use vox (voice activated), so you don't have keep pressing buttons. However, I found in a moving vehicle, the road noise can trip the mic.
To get around this, you can use a small clip on mic (like they use for mobile hands free kits), and set the vox to its lowest setting.
I actually find pushing the button easy though, and its a single touch and your off.
Each recording is stored with various details, like length, date, time etc.
The more expensive one I have has a memory card to store the recordings
The real clever part with the more expensive one, is that it has a socket on the bottom, which using the supplied lead plugs into a USB port on a computer.
The supplied software which came with it, then allows you to save /copy /backup all your recordings. (This works both ways, so you can transfer files from PC to recorder.. The recorder also plays MP3s)
The whole copy thing with the computer just syncs as soon as it plugged in, dead simple to use.
I carry the cheapo one around everywhere.. its my "notepad". If I need to write a number down, take an address, ect.. especially when driving it is brilliant.
I even use separate folders on it for work and leisure
Might not be what you want though !?
I have a couple of Sony digital dictaphone things. One cheapo one, and one more expensive one. (The cheapo one was for use in my truck.. and is hammered).
These are quite small things, which slip into a shirt pocket with ease.
Both units I have can use vox (voice activated), so you don't have keep pressing buttons. However, I found in a moving vehicle, the road noise can trip the mic.
To get around this, you can use a small clip on mic (like they use for mobile hands free kits), and set the vox to its lowest setting.
I actually find pushing the button easy though, and its a single touch and your off.
Each recording is stored with various details, like length, date, time etc.
The more expensive one I have has a memory card to store the recordings
The real clever part with the more expensive one, is that it has a socket on the bottom, which using the supplied lead plugs into a USB port on a computer.
The supplied software which came with it, then allows you to save /copy /backup all your recordings. (This works both ways, so you can transfer files from PC to recorder.. The recorder also plays MP3s)
The whole copy thing with the computer just syncs as soon as it plugged in, dead simple to use.
I carry the cheapo one around everywhere.. its my "notepad". If I need to write a number down, take an address, ect.. especially when driving it is brilliant.
I even use separate folders on it for work and leisure
Might not be what you want though !?
Yes Wilecoyote, that sounds more like it. I have a cheapish Sony dictaphone but as you say the auto-record when you speak doesn't work very well. I mak try as you say just operating the switch. I had the impression though, maybe I'm wrong, that these Bluetooth headsets are voice activated and work well - I was thinking maybe i could employ this more modern technology in the context of the dicatphone.
You could get a handheld/palm style computer, with inbuilt bluetooth.
You should be able to use a bluetooth headset then with some sort of "voice to text" speech recognition software.
Expensive way to do it, especially as it may turn out unreliable if the vehicle noise is too high.. you would end up with a load of lqjdfuhweugwev2uoehgwef on the page I bet
You should be able to use a bluetooth headset then with some sort of "voice to text" speech recognition software.
Expensive way to do it, especially as it may turn out unreliable if the vehicle noise is too high.. you would end up with a load of lqjdfuhweugwev2uoehgwef on the page I bet
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