is this good to use for lectures?
497823
Yes but care must be taken not to place on hard surface where everytime your neighbor drops a pencil it's like the fall of a giant redwood-- positioning and aiming the mics will be important. If you are too far from the lecturer to get his / her voice loud and clear, pick an unobtrusive place within a few feet of the lectern... no reason you can't give your recorder a better seat than you. Of course you may have to get creative if you don't want the recorder to be seen. Tape your lecturer at slow speed and play it back fast and you'll finish listening in half the time the recording took. (For conference taping when you and others sit with speaker around a big table, there is a special kind of mic you buy). But for a typical college lecture in a large lecture hall just get the recorder close enough, suitably camouflaged as needed. You need to be a bit of a techie to understand all the features, but you won't need all the features. Good luck!
497824
I would say yes. I take it to meetings and record them then type up the minutes. I transfer the file from the recorder to the computer and the sound is very clear with little background noise.
2041444
Yes. Works well. I use it for lectures with powerpoint (forward/backward) and the green laser. Keep an extra set of batteries in your briefcase. They last pretty long, depends on how much you use the laser it seems, and whether you turn it off when you are done.
197275
Please let me know what you think of it once you've tried it out. (It's encouraging to hear Tony used it.) Also, I'd like to know what equipment I need to use in conjunction- I don't have my own smartboard in my classroom and I'm not sure if I can borrow one long-term! But if I can just hook it up to my computer and project it on a screen, I think I'm good to go! -I look forward to hearing from you!
1853914
That I really could not tell you. That is something you would have to ask their customer service guy Trevor about. You can reach him through the ariustek website or sometimes he answers questions on here. The picture is really good displaying movies and it looks great when hooked up through the computer so I think your presentations would look good too.
355773
For question #1, I don't have any idea what any if that is. Lol For question #2 yes you can use it on your laptop for webinars. That's what I use mine for, as well as programs like Rosetta Stone. :)
1908795
I wish I could help, but so far I've only used it for dictation. On the other hand, Sony's description says it can be used to record lectures, which would imply considerable distance.
1823174
Yes, this should work for you. If you would rather have your presentation show on both places at the same time consider a powered splitter.
1013925
Absolutely. I teach piano and guitar and use it for my guitar students. Good volume. I think you will like it and the price is right.
1970725
it works really well in a classroom. record the lecture and review it when you are studying.
1241622
If you want to record lectures try the Sony TCM200DV which uses tapes. I used it for one of my lectures and found that using the tapes and storing them without needing to download into a computer was a breeze. All my friends who used the digital recorders had problems but this recorder helped me pass. If you buy the 90 min. tapes the machine can double the time. Sensitivity is excellent. It runs about $35 and there is even a more expensive $45 older model. I just labeled the tapes and if there was a lecture I wanted to hear again it was no problem. I know you are keen on the digital but to me, recording and then downloading into a computer was a drag. Aside from that if there is a problem with the computer your recordings are gone. I know this didn't answer your question but it might help.
1829951
My wife, mother and I use it mainly for school and church presentations for about 20 to 60 people and has worked perfectly. I have seen some movies on it and it has great definition and picture quality and clarity. I have used the onboard speaker but it is tiny so I would not recommend you use it for a classroom setting.
914466
Yes, I am a middle school teacher, and I used it to show PowerPoint presentations to my class that I had saved on my computer's hard drive, and presentations that I had saved on my thumb drive. In addition, I was able to show movies I had made using Movie Maker, and DVD's that I had purchased. It's a very good projector!
1177561
Yes Jose, I think this would be great for school. Each section does not expand very much so if you have a lot of papers it will not work. It's made pretty sturdy so could last for awhile. Good luck.
2194230
We use it in our small library for public lectures. The sound carries to the back of the 2400 sq. ft. room. We did have a speaker that did some singing and her voice was clear.
952876
I used it strictly for recording study lessons, and it worked well it is an excellent recorder. you may find what you're looking for at Tmart, and they're having a big sale right now on voice recorders/mp3.
893737
Yes..but let me say...this is a POS! Sound/record quality is terrible. Shuts off automatically and you miss most of the lecture you are recording.
271194
You can but then it is just a regular notebook. The dot paper works WITH the Livescribe pen to give you lecture playback abilities.