Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. You could be forgiven for thinking that the market for ...

The new generation of small-format digital audio recorders continues a sea change in the way reporters work in the field. Units are small enough that there is now (this is my news director gene ...

Digital voice recorders are typically used in business to record meetings, seminars and lectures, or notes concerning them, as well as to capture project-related ideas and for dictating correspondence ...

The smartphone has found a place in my arsenal of radio news tools. I navigate and communicate with my Sprint EVO Shift. And from time to time I need to transmit and record audio for two-ways, ...

Connect a microphone to your computer; type "Sound Recorder" in your Start menu, you're ready to record using your Windows Sound recorder. Computer-based recorders are useful, but they have ...

Ten years ago, I discussed how smartphones made recording conversations easier for employees. That post seems quaint compared to today’s technology—like that iPod I saw in a museum (and pictured here) ...

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The Ultra Thin Credit Card Voice Recorder is another example of carry less, but do more. The 3.4 x 2.2 x .26-inch device weighs only 36g but holds 1GB of memory for almost 70 hours of record time. It ...

OTTAWA—Multiformat/frame rate flexibility and massive storage capacity all crammed into small packages: That’s the story of portable video recorders in 2015. With options such as 4K, eight-channel ...