Since there is really no confirmation between when you initiate recording and when you actually are recording, my advice is to always wait until you see the counter display one second elapsed before speaking. Apparently, this is the time needed for the hard drive to spin up. This is not readily apparent to the user at the time recording is started. When you click the option to begin recording, about two seconds elapse before recording actually begins. The second gripe may just be inherent with how the iPod operates.

(The iTalk also covers the hold switch with no way to access it without removing the iTalk.) If your conditions permit you to just leave the iTalk attached at all times, you wonвЂ™t be able to use AppleвЂ™s iPod remote control. There are three ever-so-minor points for improvement.ДЇirst, while Griffin conveniently added a headphone pass-through jack on the top of the iTalk, which doubles as an auto-switching mono microphone input, the iPod remote jack is not duplicated. If ATPM rating scale were numerical, 5 being Excellent, IвЂ™d have given the iTalk a 4.8. (For what itвЂ™s worth, dedicated digital voice recorders that hold more than just a couple minutes of audio donвЂ™t cost much, if any, less than the iTalk.)ДЄdmittedly, I wavered several times between rating the iTalk as Excellent or Very Nice. Those people mainly include journalists who are frequently taking interviews, students who like to record lectures, bosses whose secretaries are tech-savvy enough to work with the WAV files for dictation, and any geek who likes to record voice reminders. Rather, the iTalk is an extremely useful device for specific categories of people who already own a third-generation iPod. To be clear, the iTalk is not something people should run out and purchase an iPod for. Instead, I now keep an iTalk in the center console of my car-and, of course, my iPod is rarely very far away! Sometimes, I remember to carry my departmentвЂ™s micro-cassette recorder with me, but usually not. My ability to scribble notes quickly is sorely lacking. IвЂ™m not exactly a journalist, but I pretend to be one once in a while. As a worker in the field of communication, on occasion I need to take information from someone to use in a story.

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