Hello,

I am using SONY MP3 IC Recorder - and it did not fail me at all (to date -:))

Regards

Theodora Issa

Thanks Julie for including the price - appreciated... I guess the SONY one is much cheaper! -:)

Regards

Theodora Issa

Thank you so much everyone. I truly appreciate all the feedback/help.

I don't think that the software is good enough to do transcriptions in that way really. You could pay for someone to professionally transcribe

Maybe it depends on the data material how correct transcripts you need? In my experiences there is a true point in making the transcripti yourself. You get a very good grip of the content and a sense of what is going on in the material when listening and transcribing what you have recorded. Half the analysis is already "done" when the transcript is made.

Well, what I did when I conducted my focus groups - I used two recorders - my SONY went perfectly well, but the other failed from the first focus group! --- in addition, and as the literature advises - you need to have your own diary of what took place - which I did immediately after each of the focus groups - just putting down what I have noticed - then when I did the transcribing myself - then commenced including this info in the Nvivo - yes, it was a long process but I felt this is the best way to do it...

As Krsitoffer said, using Dragon is a good idea, it will make you to gain a lot of time. Best regards.