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? -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ernst Trustram, Rosie Sent: 23 November 2005 11:34 To: [log in to unmask] 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 -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jo Dowd Sent: 23 November 2005 11:25 To: [log in to unmask] 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! 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The views expressed in this communication may not necessarily be the views held by Solutions Inc (Ltd.). ************** 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 > > -- > Tim Cunningham > Disabilities Support Technician > Northumbria University > > Tel: 0191 243 7686 > Mob: 0797 497 2954 > > http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/disabilities > > > ==== > This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain > private and confidential information. If you are not the intended > addressee, please take no action based on it nor show a copy to > anyone. Please reply to this e-mail to highlight the error. 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