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Olympus DM-901 - Digital Meeting Recorder

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The impressive Olympus DM-901 boasts enough functions and features to make it an indispensable business tool. Equipped with Wi-Fi for the first time, it enables you to record in a whole new level. While smartphone compatibility allows to remote control your recorder from a distance to achieve clearer recordings, you can link photos taken by smartphone as a visual index to the recording timeline. Furthermore it’s made easy to download the recordings from the recorder to a smartphone to instantly share files by sending it to dropbox. Top quality recordings are guaranteed by the low-noise stereo microphone with 90° outward orientation to capture sound from all directions. The re-designed user interface offers better visibility with colour screen and graphic icons, easier operation with its scroll function, and improved usability with intuitive design.

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Olympus DM-901 Digital Voice Recorder compatible with Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Windows

Olympus DM-901 Mac compatible

The Olympus DM-901 is the replacement for the hugely popular Olympus DM-3 digital voice recorder.

Download the Olympus DM-901 Instruction Manual

Download the Olympus Australia DM-901 Press Release

Enhanced Usability

Olympus Audio Ctrl Control iPhone Android App wifi The Olympus Audio Controller smartphone app (iPhone or Android) enables remote control recordings via Wi-Fi, which optimises the recording quality by allowing you to set the recorder close to the speaker. Download the recorded high quality audio files direct from the digital voice recorder onto your smartphone ready to instantly share your recordings. The Olympus Audio Controller smartphone app is free of charge from iTunes or Google Play.

High recording quality with superb stereo feeling

The low-noise microphone boasts a 90° outward orientation, delivering stereo sound recordings with natural ambiance. In addition, the increased size of the openings around the microphone allow for higher quality recordings and playbacks.

Clear, Colourful, Clever

With colour screen, intuitive functioning, and graphic icons, the re-designed user interface offers better visibility, easier operation and improved usability.

Features

Mac & Windows compatible - plug and play so no software required
Compatible with Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks and above
Compatible with 32-bit & 64-bit Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10
Zoom Mic
iOS and Android Olympus Ctrl audio control app
WiFi enabled voice recorder
Multi Content Player: music, podcast, audio books, Audible
Versatile recording quality options, including high quality PCM recording (CD quality, uncompressed WAV), mp3 and wma formats
4Gb internal memory plus microSD slot for unto additional 64Gb

LINEAR PCM MP3 WMA

Three formats to suit your needs.

Record and playback supports 3 different types of format. The linear PCM format employs a sampling rate of 48 kHz, surpassing even CD-quality audio. MP3 guarantees extreme versatility, and WMA combines high quality with small file sizes.

ZOOM MICROPHONE

Adjusts to its environment.

The latest directional quality control technologies narrows the directionality of the microphone and, increasing the recording level enables you to zoom into the sound source you want to record. Unleash the power of proximity recording in noisy environments, or when recording from a distance.

MANUAL RECORDING LEVEL

Optimize every recording.

By fine-tuning the recording level to match the volume of the audio source, you can achieve high quality recording that makes the most of the dynamic range.

VOICE BALANCER

Now everyone can be heard.

The Voice Balancer makes smaller voices louder while louder voices remain below a given level, ensuring that playback is clear and consistent. Since the Voice Filter operates simultaneously to eliminate the lower and higher frequency range, voices are even more enhanced.

VOICE GUIDE

Let the recorder guide you.

Operate your recorder without even looking at it. The clearly spoken audible Voice Guidance reads out the menu to you, making your recordings even more convenient.

VOICE PLAYBACK:

Hear only what you need.

Transcribe your recordings quickly and efficiently. Voice Playback extracts the voice portions and automatically skips the parts without voices.

NOISE CANCEL:

Less noise. More sound.

The Noise Cancel function ensures clear playback quality by powerfully reducing unwanted continuous background noise such as busy offices or noisy meeting rooms.

EASY TO SEE GUI:

Clear. Colourful. Clever.

With colour screen, intuitive functioning, and graphic icons, the re-designed user interface offers better visibility, easier operation and improved usability.

Olympus DM-901 Tech SPecs

Hardware

Display

Display type

Full colour TFT LCD with backlight

Display size

2 inch (176 x 220 pixels)

Memory

Internal memory

4GB

External memory

up to 64GB

Storage media

SD/SDHC/SDXC

PC connectivity

Via supplied USB cable

Device Operation

Hold switch

Yes

Power switch

Yes

Programmable button

3 SMART buttons

Power Supply

Requirements

Lithium-ion rechargeable battery x 1

External power supply

A514 AC adaptor

Battery

LI-50B

Battery life

Recording (LP mode)

29 hours (approx.)

Playback (Earphone)

29 hours (approx.)

Internal battery charge

USB or A515 AC Adaptor
(internal charging operable only with Olympus rechargeable batteries)

Recording

Built-in microphone

Stereo

Microphone type

Directional

Directional characteristic

90 degree outward facing

Microphone sensitivity

High / Middle / Low

Recording format

PCM / MP3 / WMA

Recording level setting

Manual setting available

Timer recording

Yes

Zoom microphone

Yes

Low-cut filter

Yes

Advanced recording

Direct recording

Recording scene select

5 recording scenes
Meeting / Conference / Lecture / Dictation / Speech-Recognition

Internal microphone frequency

70~20,000Hz

Overall frequency response

PCM

48kHz/16bit | 40~23,000Hz
44.1kHz/16bit | 40~21,000Hz

MP3

44.1kHz/256kbps | 40~20,000Hz
44.1kHz | 40~17,000Hz

WMA

44.1kHz/32kbps (mono) | 40~13,000Hz
8kHz/8bps (mono) | 40~3,000Hz

Recording Time

PCM

48kHz/16bit | 4 hours, 35 minutes (approx.)
44.1kHz/16bit | 5 hours (approx.)

MP3

44.1kHz/256kbps | 27 hours, 30 minutes (approx.)
44.1kHz/128kbps | 55 hours (approx.)

WMA

44.1kHz/32kbps (mono) | 218 hours (approx.)
8kHz/8kbps (mono) | 850 hours (approx.)

Playback

Music player mode

Yes

Podcast

Yes

Noise cancel

Yes

Voice playback

Yes

Voice balancer

Yes

Playback speed control

6x - 0.5x

A-B repeat

Yes

Calendar search

Yes

Continuous playback

Yes

Alarm playback

Yes

Random playback

Yes

Editing & Workflow

File copy

Yes (folder to folder)

File move

Yes

File divide

Yes (only PCM(WAV) & MP3)

Partial erase

Yes

File erase

Erase all files
Erase single files

Index mark

up to 99 per file

Folders

5 voice folders | 1 podcast folder
999 files per folder

Additional Functions

Voice guidance

Yes
CS, DA, DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, NL, PL, SV, RU

Visual index function

Yes

General

Housing colour

Charcoal

Housing material

Plastic

Dimensions

115mm (H) x 51mm (W) x 17.9mm (D)

Weight

105g (inclduing battery)

Microphone jack

Φ3.5mm jack | impedance 2.2kΩ

EAR jack

Φ3.5mm jack | impedance 8Ω or more

Speaker

Built-in Φ20mm round dynamic speaker

Maximum speaker output

280mW (8Ω speaker)

Compatible software

Olympus Sonority

Wireless remote control

Yes
Wifi via Smartphone or tablet using Olympus Audio Contoller App.

Languages

CS, DA, DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, NL, PL, SV, RU

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