Approved and encouraged by most college lecturers now as against using smartphones for recording, this version from the stalwart of digital audio recording, Olympus, is ideal for lecture and presentation recording in small to large areas. With high res and sensitivity directional mics and noise processing, the clarity is above and beyond anything a smartphone can achieve. comes with aaa rechargeable batteries but can also be used with regular aaa slide out USB plug means you can plug it straight in to charge or copy over files without having to carry a cable Simple mode or standard mode- means- if you like, you can hide all complex functions and make it one click and utterly simple to use Built in speaker for replay OR headphone jack records for 100’s of hours without having to be backed up or copied over
