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1. Dźwiedziu (dzwiedziu@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 01:50:09 JST Dźwiedziu

   I know people can be dumb, but designing a digital dictaphone that can record ***only*** in WMA deserves a special award.

   • Arkadiusz Wieczorek (arek@mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 01:50:08 JST Arkadiusz Wieczorek

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     @dzwiedziu lolz, so this dictaphone can record and save only compressed data, no RAW material?

   • Dźwiedziu (dzwiedziu@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 04:28:46 JST Dźwiedziu

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     • Arkadiusz Wieczorek

     @arek
     Not according to the manuals.

     Those are Olympus (before the name change) VN series 540, 731, 8500 (all ending with “PC)”.
     Probably more due to producing different similar models with slightly different numbers, but those can also differ (f.e. 8500 is WMA only, but the 8600 and 8700 have MP3, but still no PCM).

   • Arkadiusz Wieczorek (arek@mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 04:28:46 JST Arkadiusz Wieczorek

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     @dzwiedziu ugh but it makes sense from the one point of view,, dictaphones aren't devices e.g. podcast recording

   • Dźwiedziu (dzwiedziu@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 15:14:07 JST Dźwiedziu

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     • Arkadiusz Wieczorek

     @arek
     I wouldn't count podcasts out. Dictaphones are also interview devices.

   • Arkadiusz Wieczorek (arek@mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 15:14:07 JST Arkadiusz Wieczorek

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     @dzwiedziu fair point! What is your main purpose?