Sony is accompanying its UX series of digital voice recorders with higher end versions from the ICD series, targeting professionals, broadcasters and non-PC users, bringing to the table double the storage capacities compared to the models they are ousting. First off we have the high-end ICD-SX68 and ICD-SX68DR9 digital voice recorders thaat are meant for business professionals, and they function with the Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software from Nuance Communications, Inc. When used in tandem with Sony’s Digital Voice Editor software, users will be able to convert voice to text, although I’m not sure whether the voice recognition software is up to par or not (hopefully it won’t end up like Brain Age’s “Black” and “Blue” dilemma). These two recorders feature 512MB of storage capacity that provides up to 185 hours of voice recording time in Long Play mode, but if you want to record MP3s then that time drops to just 8 hours. Both these models will be available this April, with the ICD-SX68 and ICD-SX68DR9 models retailing for $150 and $200, respectively.
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