<p>do most people record lectures using voice recorders? i want to record and then transfer to computer because i take notes really slow. what is a good voice recorder to use in large lecture hall (about 90 people)?</p>
<p>If you have a Mac, you can download an app for a voice recorder.</p>
<p>there are so many… which one is the best?</p>
<p>which is best on Mac- I don’t know what’s best, I just downloaded one that’s called “Lecture Recorder”</p>
<p>I use an olympus recorder</p>
<p>I also have a regular voice recorder for piano lessons, and it’s something from Sony I think.</p>
<p>How about a Livescribe Smartpen?</p>
<p>If you have an iPhone or and iPod touch with a microphone (some headphones have microphones in them) there’s a built-in recording app (last time I checked). You can record onto your iPhone/iPod and play it back from the same device without transferring or syncing anything.n</p>
<p>Don’t just jump into buying your voice recorder until you actually go to the first day of classes - a lot of professors forbid any sort of media recording during their lectures. I know many freshmen who came in with their fancy recorders and after the first day, they found out that most of their classes (especially the major ones like chem I, phy I, and bio I) actually forbid recordings.</p>
<p>I have an Olympus recorder with an external mic, it comes in handy. However for my main recording I use my netbook with a Shure unidirectional pin mic, I record with microsoft onenote as I am taking notes so that i can later I can search my notes using the find feature and hear what the prof was talking about at the time i took that note. I just point the mic in the profs direction, from a few feet away it looks just like a wireless card antenna. </p>
<p>Unidirectional mics are important because they only record sound coming from one way, so they will not pic up the sneezy guy with the flu behind you. They need to be powered if you are going to be in a large lecture hall, even if you are in a 50ft room you will have problems with non powered mics. </p>
<p>Forget Iphones, or your MP3 player, they are worthless at recording because they use the wrong type of mic.</p>
<p>Find out what kind of state you live in and what the laws are in your state, in a one party state (like Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, Florida) only one person in the room needs to know that you are recording (that is you, because you realize that you are recording) in other states the laws might be different.</p>
<p>I have never actually had a prof forbid me to record a class, if they did I would file a formal request for accommodations with whatever office handles such matters. From my experience doing work/study in the Learning Disabilities office, most schools look suspiciously on professors that do not allow recorders in their classes and just filing the request on a non tenured prof will likely result in them not getting a contract the next semester.</p>
<p>the largest class I’ll be in is probably 90 people. how is the sound quality of the Shure unidirectional mic? i cant seem to find it on amazon :/</p>
<p>is there a similar program like onenote for macs?</p>
<p>You can probably give a tape recorder to your prof (I’d advise seeing if you can give it to them/put it near them so you get a better recording) but I don’t know a lot of people that do that. Once some kid just walked up to the front of the lecture hall and set a recorder near her desk, the first few minutes of his recording were the prof freaking out because she didn’t know what he was doing.</p>
<p>Lots of times professors record their lectures and put them online. You never have to go to class! It’s wonderful.</p>
<p>The Shure SM57 is a good mic there usually around 100 bucks.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for one for PC, try Quik Recorder. It records directly to MP3. I’ve used it before and it works great. [url=<a href=“File sharing and storage made simple”>http://www.mediafire.com/?ceqy8b852psrgti]Quik_Setup.exe[/url</a>]</p>
<p>I wouldn’t reccommend using a shure mic. Those would need a seperate usb recorder to record onto your computer and are really meant for being held up close to the person. A small digital recorder would probably work better.</p>
<p>android phones also have a built in voice recorder app</p>
<p>Bowtiefratty,</p>
<p>Do disability laws really trump intellectual property ones? Or is it because it’s personal use and therefore not an ip violation?</p>
<p>lol if you need it for disability reasons, professors can’t forbid them from you. I should know, i have to have them for class.</p>
<p>I use a sony recorder.</p>