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I highly recommend the Olympus WS-801 Voice Recorder because : (1)Very simple, easy to use compared to Sony etc. Press button labeled "REC" to record, button labeled "ERASE" to erase file, button labeled "STOP" to stop recording or playing. No "accidental" erasure. Red light is lit up and is solid when recording. (2) Good sound quality when recording cell or land line phone using the Olympus TP-8 Telephone Pick-up Microphone for $14 on Amazon. Background noise is minimal. Olympus microphones for other special applications, all sold on Amazon, include : ......$16 ME-52W Noise Canceling Microphone with 3.3 feet cord ......$48 ME-51S Stereo Microphone ......$14 ME-12 Noise Canceling Microphone, good for transcription etc Search by the model number, like ME-52W. (3) Comparable products like Sony ICDPX312 ($59.99) etc cost more. (4) Price charged by seller Amazon is lower than 6 sellers I have checked. (5)Record on the internal built-in 2 GB card. Or record on a microSD card (up to 32 GB, not supplied) inserted into the port of the recorder. (6) 3 ways to connect to computer : ...(a)insert slide-out USB connector into USB port of a computer ...(b)insert micro SD card into reader port of a computer. ...(c)insert micro SD card into a card reader which is then inserted into USB port of computer. (7)An user's manual in a pdf format, provides much more details than the printed booklet, is on the CD under directory PDF. (8)Screen has a 3-bar battery charge indicator. Press + or - to increase or decrease sound volume in increment as shown by bar graph on screen. (9)Very durable. I have dropped it about 4 feet high at least 30 times with no noticeable damages to outside or sound quality. (10)Small and light weight. Both WS-801 and TP-8 microphone easily fit inside shirt pocket horizontally or vertically. Notes : ------- Uses one removable AAA battery. One alkaline AAA gives 20 to 27 hours recording depending on sound quality, or 19 to 24 hours playback. Time for Ni-MH AAA is about 4 hours less. A 2 GB card gives 508 hours in 8 kbps WMA format, or 32.5 hours of recording in 128 kbps WMA format, or 16.5 hours in 256 kbps MP3 mode, or 500 songs of 4 minutes each at 128 kbps A 32 GB card has 16 times the capacity of a 2 GB card. 4 GB card has 2 times. It takes time to research all these information. Please click "Yes" if this review was helpful to you.