Olympus DS-5000id Voice Recorder: A Review
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Olympus DS-5000id
One is one among those brands for whom quality and performance of their products matters the most and the company’s motto is to develop innovative products and it is very well working on it. The Olympus products are considered as high class and reliable all along the world and in the fields of audio and photography the company has launched some really remarkable devices. In this article I am going to review one of the latest voice recorders by Olympus ‘the DS-5000id’.
The DS-5000id is an advance professional digital recorder that comes with some really premium features. Olympus is playing a great role in keeping the digital voice recorder market alive and well by bringing some excitingly new and highly capable voice recorders. For an outstanding performance it is enhanced with DSS player pro dictation software for outstanding performance. The aim of this new voice recorder is to protect the confidentiality and security of the recordings which is considered to be essential in the work place.
For the world best across the board professional dictation the Digital voice recorder DS-5000i and AS 5000 transcription kit are considered to be the top of range solutions. The intuitive controls and single slide switch of DS-5000i make the operation very simpler and more comfortable. The detailed description has been provided below.
Features:
- For the business users that record the highly confidential matters this device gives a very advance security by ensuring device lock function with biometric information. The security has been enhanced by incorporating numerous security functions into this device to protect files from unauthorized playback or publication.
- It has been designed with a solid metallic body which protects it against the knocks and bumps of daily use.
- It has got a much enhanced slide switch option which allows the most common functions to be accessed in just a fraction of seconds.
- The navigation buttons are located efficiently in the center of the device which ensures that data input has been performed easily and accessing the controls is also not a big deal. For the easy access to most commonly used functions, three smart buttons are available on the front side.
- It has a verbal comment function which is 1 per file and also gives the facility of verbal annotations which are up to 32 per file.
- The multiple language support is provided for the menu which ensures more efficient handling of controls in one’s own language.
- It gives you long battery life up to 28 hours in SP mode and is provide with the Olympus rechargeable battery pack.
Specifications:
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Internal memory: 512 MB Flash Memory
- External Memory: 1 GB Expandable Memory System
- Display Type: Full Dot Matrix Display
- Display Size: 31.8 x 33.2 mm / 1.71 inch
- Recording format: DSS Pro
- QP mode: 38 h 45 min (with 512 MB card)
- SP: 79 h 30 min (with 512 MB card)
- Corresponding solution: Digital Transcription Solution For (detailed) software functions of Olympus dictation management software please refer to the relevant software pages.
- SD / SDHC interface: Optional Barcode scanner
- PC interface: USB cable and docking station
- Microphone jack: 3.5 ø mm mini-jack, impedance 2 kΩ
- Weight: 110 g (Including Ni-MH Rechargeable Battery Pack)
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 113.5 x 50 x 17 mm
- Menu languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian
This is thus a very fantastic recording device by Olympus which not only gives some really good features for enhanced recording and then the security of this device is quite well which ensures the protection of you data. So this device is best for those who want to record the highly confidential data.



