Thanks for the reply Charles, what website was it that you mentioned?
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charles Keogh
Sent: 23 November 2005 12:01
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Subject: Re: iPods
I have not tried any MP3 players for recording etc but have done some
research into this. There are only some that record voice and less that
have a jack to connect an external Mic. I also think that a very
beneficial feature is "track resume". This allows the MP3 player to act
like a tape i.e. when listening to a recording the user can switch the
device off and when they restart it it will do so at the point in the
recording that it was at when the player was switched off. I think that
this is an invaluable feature if the student has not put index marks for
the recording. Unfortunately this feature seems to as popular as the
Mic. jack with manufacturers i.e. very limited. I can't remember any
specific models with these features, but if I remember correctly the
following website has good info about a variety of players with
"Specification" and "Comparison" options which shows the features e.g.
external Mic. jack and Track resume etc and allows you to compare a
selection of players.
Hope this helps.
Charlie Keogh
Assessor/Trainer
Disability Services
University of Dundee
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>>> [log in to unmask] 23/11/2005 11:46 >>>
Thanks Rosie, I am well aware that other companies make mp3 players.
I
should have said iPod and other hard drive based recording devices.
With that in mind has anyone trialled any of these when recording
lectures.
Are any able to edit the file/track name actually on the device rather
than
on a laptop?
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ernst Trustram, Rosie
Sent: 23 November 2005 11:34
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Subject: Re: iPods
There are plenty of other MP3 players that aren't made by apple!
Creative, Zen, Rio, Sony....
Rosie Ernst Trustram
Learning Support Unit
Caxton House
LSBU
Tel 020 7815 6433
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jo Dowd
Sent: 23 November 2005 11:25
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Subject: Re: iPods
We used to sell the 20Gig iPods with the Belkin Voice Recorder for the
students, so they could record into the iPod as a voice file and it
would sync with iTunes as an MP3 and appear in your list in iTunes.
There was a connection on the top of the older iPods to plug the
Belkin Voice Recorder into. However the new range of iPods does not
have this facility any longer.
I was disappointed, as this was the replacement unit for students who
previously used Sony Mini Disc players and microphones, they use it
for music, voice memos and for carrying around files, and 20Gig was a
good start size. Now we have had to revert back to the Olympus
Recorder bundle which is not ideal, and of course is not a storage
device.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, perhaps Apple will bring it back
in the future? We will keep an eye out if it does and let you know!
Regards
Jo
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On 23 Nov 2005, at 10:36, Tim Cunningham wrote:
> Hi all
> I got this idea from seeing something similar on the news a while
ago
> and just wondered if anyone had any first hand experience with it.
>
> We have a number of different recording devices here that we loan to
> students who are waiting for their DSA funding to be processed.
>
> These recording devices range from Minidisks and digital recorders
> down to an old style cassette walkman.
>
> Ideally I'd like all the students to be able to use a digital
> recorder, that way they can record their lectures/notes and archive
> them on to their PC/Laptop.
>
> The digital recorders we use all have removable media in the form of
a
> memory card which is normally about 128MB. This will normally
record
> a couple of hours of lectures.
>
> However, I noticed a University in the US give out iPods to all
> students with the detachable microphone that they can use to record
> lectures.
> Obviously they will be used for playing music too but the same can
be
> said for loaned laptops etc - no doubt non-educational sites and
games
> will be viewed and ran!
>
> Do any UK based Universities loan out iPods for recording lectures?
> Once the lectures are on an iPod can they be moved to a student's
> laptop/ PC? A budget iPod can store 2-4GB and for a little extra
> money you can get a 30GB or 60GB model.
>
> If anyone does use an iPod to record or is responsible for loaning
> them out to students I'd be very interested to here both on or off
> list.
>
> Many thanks
> Tim Cunningham
>
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> Northumbria University
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