Recording dreams - journal

[Pauli2]

I bought an Olympus voice recorder with sound-activated recording, so I can just start talking and it will record. It's a model VN-8600PC. I think it fits my needs, but I had expected a little better speaker. There was no external microphone with cord, only one on the recorder. The sensitivity of the voice activated recorder can be tuned in 15 steps. At low sound levels, I will have to use the most sensitive level.

Waking up and writing down when I'm tired is hopeless, I just want to sleep.
I also intend to use it during meditation as I sometimes forget the start of what I experience.

I wonder if anyone has any other voice activated recorders and what is better? Specially the speaker.

[c0sm0nautt]

Mine is the Olympus VN-4100PC. I've never used anything but a voice record - It's great not even having to open your eyes in the middle of the night.  The speaker on this one is great, except for when I mumble into it hehe.

[Pauli2]

Exactly, when I mumble into mine, it's almost impossible to figure out what I say. I'll go buy a better microphone.

Anyone has any experience with Philips or Sony voice recorders (they are usually marked as MP3 players with recording)?