Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3104 in Office Product
• Brand: Olympus
• Model: DS-65
• Released on: 2009-03-01
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .18 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Designed in conjunction with the RNIB, the DS-65 is outstandingly easy to navigate with its tactile buttons and an optional Voice Guidance feature. Therefore dictations, meetings or personal notes can be captured and reviewed absolutely hassle-free. In addition to high-quality recording and playback of WMA files, each model enables you to listen to MP3 and AA (audible content) files. So you can relax to your favourite music, audiobook or podcast between appointments. The DS-65 finds just the right balance between price and performance. Fill its 2GB of file storage space with recordigs in the WMA format, MP3s, audiobook files or podcasts.

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Customer Reviews

Superb device.
This device surpassed my expectations and my expectations were high. The device is easy to use and had very usable features, including a microphone sensitivity switch. I would say to people trying to decide how much to pay for a dictation machine, what is it for? If it is for recording your own voice, or other close work, then spending less is ok. My requirement was for recording university lectures and seminar, so I felt that it was worth spending more, for this requirement, this device is superb. I can sit at around 20 feet, the device picks up a pin-drop. This is not to say that is is oversensitive to back-ground noise, the device has noise cancelation processing and this works! The build quality of this device is great, all metal construction, the stereo microphone is excellent, also there is a standard quality condenser mic underneath the stereo mic, so there is a back-up.

Additionally I use my dictaphone with an Apple MAC. I was let to believe that the DSS software that comes with the device is PC only. The disc that came with the machine, contained a PC only application. However, I emailed Olympus asking if there was a Mac version available for the DS-65. Within 2 hours of my e-mail, Olympus responded, supplying be with a path to their server with the Mac DSS application. I downloaded it, used the licence code that came with the PC application. The DSS application is brilliant, and this was the extra for me.. This is a serious client application for the DS-65, it organises the files in the original file format (Windows Media Player), there is no need to convert them unless you want to. The application

Was looking for a needle in a haystack..
when I started looking for a voice recorder all I knew was I had to have Olympus; instructions from the other half! I obeyed, happily for me during my search for a shop local to me to walk in and buy one, because none of the household name stores had the model I needed, a DS-30, nor was there an Olympus dealership within 50 miles for me to turn to, AMAZON showed up on screen! Never used it before, wouldn't have thought of using it now, but boy it was Fantastic...not a walk in shop, 24 hours later than I would have liked in an ideal world, but they had the lot..!! Not only was the model I had been instructed to get there, but there was an army of them, and the page layout made it really easy for a numpty like me to decide that 'her indoors' needed one with a larger memory. I ended up purchasing the updated, higher spec' and most importantly higher capacity DS-65 Olympus Voice Recorder for my 'lady love' to record her long-winded University lectures, and she's as happy as a pig in (a field!) and for a change I get to be the good guy, but better than that Christmas is coming, and I HATE CROWDS!! Sorted, Thank you AMAZON X

Olympus DS-65 Digital Voice Recorder

Key to successful Learning
Bought to help my partially disabled daughter with her studies this does what is expected and was delivered by a company that does what you want. First class service all the way from ordering through to on time delivery.