I'd recommend the Olympus WS320. It's the size of an iPod Nano (length of a pack of chewing gum and twice the width roughly), has hundreds of hours of battery life, a gig of memory and it's easy to transfer stuff to and from a PC, it plugs straight into the USB port and is recognized by Windows as a hard drive. It's easy to record and navigate through files too. It's about a hundred and fifty quid but you can probably get it cheaper by looking on Froogle or somewhere. There reviews on it and tutorials on using it from a blind person's perspective on blindcooltech.com. Do a find on the webpage for '320' and you should get three or four hits. From memory the best one in terms of an introduction to it and its functions is done by Mary somebody and it might be in the archive (there's a link to the archives on the homepage. _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Theresa Hodge Sent: 15 November 2006 07:32 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Digital Recording Equipment Hi All My husband is looking for a good quality digital recorder that will be suitable for recording in a classroom situation. Firstly, can anyone recommend any good quality, accessible equipment for visually impaired people? Secondly, does anyone know of any exhibitions taking place where he could look at digital recording equipment? Thanks. Theresa Hodge theresa.hodge@xxxxxxxxx