I'd like to have a small, simple audio recorder, for noting ideas when i'm driving or at work and i can't write them down on paper. My cellphone does this but i can't easily navigate to its recorder with the touchscreen while driving. Something that just has a record button i can find by touch would be great. Even better if it's easy to clean, so i could use it at work where i'm a line cook. I don't need a million features, i just need to be able to record and play back short sections of audio, and maybe copy them to my computer over a wire.

Is there anything like this that's not super expensive?

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

https://www.walmart.com/ip/RONY-Mini-Digital-Voice-Recorder-A-B-Repeat-Rechargeable-One-key-Start-Voice-Activated-Recording-Device-Playback-Noise-Reduction-USB-Cable-Meeting-Mu/3415734869

Took me a minute to figure out what to search for - "voice recorder" just came up with a bunch of apps. They key was "digital voice recorder" and I added USB because you may want to be able to transfer things.

You could also have your phone auto-transcribe by using voice-to-text. Simply open the app you want the notes in, start voice-to-text, and press play on the recorder.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago

    My phone actually supports audio notes, but my problem with that is navigating to the notes app while driving.

    The issue with just finding smartphone apps is also present when looking for music players. It would be nice if there were more distinct terms for these things.

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