Thanks Dave,

For sharing your experiences.  It sounds pretty much like my DM-50 because 
you can't set the time by speech on it either.  I already found a place with 
the instructions that someone sent me so thanks for the other but I'm 
betting it is very much like my model 50 so hopefully it won't be another 
heavy learning curve for we old timers, haha.  I sure love the little 1 GB I 
have and the recording is out of this world.

Phil.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Allen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: Olympus digital record question


> Hi Phil!
>
> I have that model, and it does have speech in terms of reading the menues.
>
> I've got a little problem with mine at the moment so may be looking into a
> warranty claim on it soon, but I know others have had good luck with the
> model so I'm just a bit unlucky. I could send you the PDF manual for it if
> you want. While it does have speech, there are limitations, for example, 
> you
> can't independently set the date and time yourself. Depending on your
> purposes, that may not matter. So on a scale of 100, I'd probably rate it
> about 95% accessible, because being able to set the time and date isn't a
> necessity for me.
>
> I'm conscious that you use hearing aids, so how much volume do you want to
> get out of it? Again, that may not matter at all because you may not be
> aiming to play much on it. It is a recorder, so that is it's primary
> purpose. If you'd like, I could demo it. I could also share a recording 
> I've
> made on it if you want to get a sense of the quality of the internal mic.
>
> No complaints about the Mice. Their service is top notch. No one here will
> sell that recorder because it isn't distributed here, so I had to get it
> from the Mice. Sorry if it sounds like I'm being picky. I just think the
> lines between usable and accessible are too often plurred. Overall, I'm
> quite happy with the recorder. In fact, I'm so pleased that I have another
> in reserve, in case I should need to replace mine in a hurry, I don't 
> really
> have 3 to 4 weeks to wait for the poney express, nor can I afford to waste
> extra cash on expedited postage service, because no matter what claim a
> company may make, you can't hurry the process of customs, that always runs
> at it's own speed. I've had things stuck at the border for a week or more,
> not because there was any problem at either end of the process, but you 
> know
> sometimes, the line of things ahead of my package had to be worked through
> before they made up their mind to process my poor little box, hi hi.
>
> Happy to help in any way I can. By the way, I'm wd8ldy on Skype if you 
> want
> to send me a contact request.
>
> 73,
> Dave
>
>
>