What Are Digital Voice-Activated Recorders?
Digital voice-activated recorders are a special subset of digital recorders that are designed to turn on when someone begins speaking. These recorders are great when you may be recording intermittent activity and don’t want to waste a lot of space on your digital voice recorder; you’ll only record the speaking, instead of all the dead space in between. However, one thing to look out for with voice-activated recorders is the lag time between the moment someone begins speaking and when the recorder activates. When you use a voice-activated recorder, it’s not uncommon to lose the first word or the first several words of a sentence while the device powers up. On the plus side, you won’t have to wade through a lot of silence to get to the part of the recording you want. These recorders are also stingier with memory and battery life, so you’ll get more useful hours of recording. Great for Dictation, Interviews and Lectures Voice-activated recorders shine when you’re taking dictation, attendi
