Sony ICD-MX20DR9 32MB Flash-Based Digital Voice Recorder
Record lectures at the touch of a button and convert your recorded files to text with included software using the ICD-MX20DR9 digital voice recorder.Experience a portable recording device with over 300 personalized folders and hybrid storage. The ICD-MX20DR9 digital voice recorder stores audio onto 32MB of built-in flash memory or your choice of Memory Stick PRO Duo media. The expansive STLP recording mode allows you to record up to two hours and 45 minutes on built-in memory alone. Compatible with Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred Voice to Print software, the ICD-MX20DR9 lets you play back your recording and watch as your words appear on the screen.
Sony is aiming to make it easier to remember all of those little details with a new line of digital voice recorders designed for, consumers, professionals, and academics. The Sony ICD-MX20DR9 Digital Voice Recorder is compact and easy to carry where ever your travels may take with you--from the office to an assignment off the beaten path. Some key features of the ICD-SX57 include: - Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred Voice to Print Software: to easily convert your recorded files into text.
- Hybrid Storage: 32MB Flash3/Memory Stick PRO Duo Media Slot4: records dictation on built-in Flash Memory or compact, high capacity Memory Stick media, and allows recorded cards for easy distributed for processing; different Memory Sticks in capacities ranging from 32MB to 512MB can be inserted into the unit for different applications4
- New STLP Stereo Recording Mode: Up to 2 Hours 45 Minutes2 Recording Time: Offering a longer recording time while maintaining 2-channel recording.
- Over 300 Personalized Folders: on each Memory Stick media provides the ability to organize message folders by type, such as Sales Letters, Customer Service Replies, Memos, Action Items, Personal, and more, offering the ultimate in Efficiency and versatility.
- Built-in Stereo and Directional Microphones: for extra convenience, eliminates the need for an external microphone.
- USB 2.01 Compatible: via USB Port on a PC.
- Digital Voice Up and VOR (Voice Operated Recording) Functions: stops the recording during silent pauses, saving valuable recording time, then begins recording again without missing a single syllable thanks to the Digital Buffer.
- Recording Monitor Function: Allows the user to listen to the recording level by using headphones while the unit is recording.
1. Not all products with USB 2.0 connectors may communicate with each other due to chipset variations.
2. Approximate recording times. Battery life will vary based upon usage conditions.
3. User available memory= 32,243,712 bytes (preliminary), a portion of which is used for data management functions, with default 5 folders setting. Total available space will be reduced as the number of folders increases.
4. Available storage capacity of Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo and Memory Stick PRO Duo Media may vary. A portion of the memory is used for data management functions. Actual available memory is: 32MB=30MB, 64MB=61MB, 128MB=123MB, 256MB=220MB, 512MB=460MB, 1GB=940MB, 2GB=1.85GB, and 4GB=3.66GB
5. Actual user availble memory is approx. A portion is used for data management.
Sony ICD-MX20DR9 32MB Flash-Based Digital Voice Recorder Accessories
 Sony AC-E30A Worldwide AC Power Adaptor with Folding Plug Blade
Sony 4 GB Memory Stick PRO DUO ( MSX-M4GS ) (Retail Package)
Sony 2 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo (MSX-M2GS) (Retail Package)
Sony 256MB MEMORY STICK PRO-DUO NEW ( MSXM-256S ) (Retail Package)
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Preferred [OLD VERSION]
Sony MSMT1G 1GB Memory Stick PRO Duo (Mark2) Media
Sony 1 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo Media (MSXM1GST) (Retail Package)
Sony ICD-MX20 Memory Stick Pro Duo Digital Voice Recorder
Olympus TP-7 Telephone Recording Device
Sony 512 MB Memory Stick Pro Duo (MSXM-512S) (Retail Package)
Sony ICD-MX20DR9 32MB Flash-Based Digital Voice Recorder Reviews
Must be nostalgia and benefit of doubt from all my other many good Sony experiences. So I bought Parallels, installed it. I have been a fan of Sony products for many years, but this particular product is a frustration to me. I find it overly sensitive. Hmmm. Bought the recorder and software and installed it too.
I also bought it to go with the Dragon Systems speech recognition software that it came bundle with. When I left my previous company I had to leave the Dragon Software behind. The joy stick is a nightmare, for me at least. The right, left, up down is fairly easy, but in trying to push the button down the machine usually responds with an "up" execution.
If anyone has any suggestions for me I am all ears, otherwise this recorder will end up getting tossed into Lake Washington the next time I go across the floating bridge. What a nightmare. I tried to upgrade using the coupon for the full version of Dragon, but they would not accept the code, and asked full payment instead. My biggest hesitation in doing so was that I would have to give up being able to dictate to text unless I ran Windows. Finally, I switched to an Intel based Mac two and a half years ago when I changed companies. I have many of the frustrations that some of the other reviewers have mentioned. I have more crashes on the Parallels virtual machine than I thought could be possible.
Why did I give it two stars. The push to execute feature of the joy stick, when I get it right, usually takes two or three pushes to actually perform the intended operation. Phooey. I have trouble getting it to do what I want it to do.
I am going to use my daughters cheap one and maybe actually get something accomplished. I have been trying to use it along with the dragon program for months now and I give up. I can not even find out how to turn it off so I have to take the batteries out each time and then re-insert them. as you unfold it and try to use it. You need to be a computer genius to make this work at all. So upset. The recorder has one tiny, tiny button in the middle that does everything or if you aren't good with it it does nothing you ask it to do.
by 3 ft. It takes more time to figure it out than it is worth. I hate this device for many reasons. I would throw it out the window but am afraid I might hit someone and get sued. The direction sheet is unreaable and measures 3 ft. I spent over 250.00 and wasted untold hours of my research time.
So in the end - thanks Amazon (although I do think things could be a lot less complicated) After multiple calls all over the world and getting a whole new shipment of exactly the same wrong thing, Amazon finally saw the light and through a very convulted process was able to satisfy the order. Since you can get the recorder for about 200.00 elsewhere the selling point for me was the preferred software. Basically they refunded me the price of the Dragon 9 preferred software form my ICD order and then I bought the software from another one of their listings. When I received my order the software enclosed was the recorder edition NOT the preferred edition promised in the spec sheet.
This is a great ICD that does a very accurate job of voice to text translation. You'll have to take advantage of a "special offer" from Nuance, fork over another $30 and reinstall the product to get the benefits of the Preferred edition. Instead it comes with a very abbreviated lite version called Naturally Speaking Recorder Edition. If you plan to dictate from a headset or use MS Word, you will want to upgrade. However, the product does not come with Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred as described.
I do like the computer connection convenience. I thought I could use it to transcribe my recorded notes. I have two reasons I have been disappointed with it. Wrong. It is only able to learn one voice. This is the only Sony product I ever purchased that was disappointing to me. I have used a lot of devices like that and I never have had this problem.
If it was set less sensitive it would miss what the professor had to say. The second problem is I am not able to use the little joy-stick-button. I also misunderstood the way the Naturally Speaking 9 would work. I do like the combination of skipping silents and fast play back. I would not advise it to anyone who wants it to record classroom lecturers. So I have worked with it to learn my voice and after months of use it still performs so poorly I spend more time correcting than if I just manually type to transcribe the recording.
Since I have owned this unit, I have used several other DVR and I have liked them all better than this unit. If it was set sensitive enough to pick up the professor in front of me (a few feet away) it would pick up all the sounds of people shuffling papers, my breathing, my writing on the desk etc. So, I never found any combination of settings that worked for my intended use. I find even the "high quality" recording, which eats up a lot of memory, to be of poor quality. It is nice to be able to review an hour class in a fraction of the time. It has five functions. Sony ICD-MX20DR9 32MB Flash-Based Digital Voice Recorder.
The first is I have never found a combination of feature selections that allowed my to satisfactorily record a lecture in a classroom. I am always having problems getting it to do what I intend to do. I am disappointed in this product. It can be pushed up, right, down, left, or depressed. It has cost me accidental erasures, delays in starting recordings, and a lot of frustration.
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