Device Voice

suited and booted: Voice recorders and equipment

Clear your throats ladies and gentlemen, dont mumble, as we look at the best voice recorders on the market -remember to speak clearly so we can hear you.

With a quick record option even when the device has been shut off, the 288hr digital voice recorder is one to consider. Small, sleak and can record continiously for 72 hours and store upto 288hrs of audio (hence the name). Recording continously for 4-5 hours, the Covert USB datastick has a 20ft radius and will save the audio before the battery dies. The Solar voice recorder is aboutthe size of a £2 coin, but is voice activated, can be carried around disguised as a necklace and can record for upto 18 hours (though the 1gb version can record for upto 150 hours) -also has a lithium battery for night time operations. with 256mb of meory and upto 37 hours of recording, the Stacker voice recorder is the size of a £2 coin (but 6x as thick). a 15ft range for audio and password protected, the Stereo voice recorder is only 3/4 the size of a matchstick, and has a battery life of 60 hours.

And here’s some spy equipment to consider.

The ’tissue box’ recorder will record for 6 hours onto an sd card which can be removed and viewed on a pc. Kleenex anyone? It uses similar technology to a two way mirror, the camera inside can see out, but people cannot see into it. ‘Listen through walls’ uses a special amplifier which can hear through walls 12 inches thick. Great for gathering evidence about noisy neighbours. The GPS Pelitracker is a small tracking device that can be followed from Google Maps or Google Earth. Its built to withstand most being crushed, dust and the outdoor elements. Streaming real time audio and video to your 3G phone is the ’3G DAB radio’, which has an camera invisible to the naked eye and also doubles as a digital alram clock.

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