I have purchased Dragon Dictate 3 for the Mac. I need a digital recorder that will record voice files in .wav format. Dragon Dictate 3 is compatible with these audio file formats. .wav, .m4a, .m4v, .mp4, .aif and .aiff. For me, disc space is not an issue. I prefer a file that is not compressed. I have my eye on a Sony audio recorder ICDUX523 silver. Sony’s description is that I can select recording formats that include PCM or LPCM and a variety of other files most of which are compressed and/or not compatible with the Dragon Dictate 3 software. I don’t know much about this, but, from what I’ve read in Wikipedia, it is possible that the .wav format is one form of PCM or LPCM. Is this true? If not, I’m wasting my time and money on this recorder. Can anyone help with this?
