I like my Sony voice recorder (ICD-BP150), but I’ve always been annoyed by the fact that there was no easy direct bulk conversion of the proprietary DVF format files it generates to something more widely usable. All the Sony Digital Voice Editor sofware that comes with it will do on conversion is convert files one-by-one, and then only to WAV, not to, say, MP3.
But now I have a solution, thanks to the NCH Swift Sound folks. Go get a copy of their free Windows programs Express Scribe and Switch Sound File Conversion, and visit their Sony Windows Media Plugin page and get the Sony Media Player Plugin.
Install all three of these things, and you’ll be able to (a) convert batches of DVF files to MP3 (or WAV) with the converter, (b) handle the files nicely when transcribing them with Express Scribe, as well as (c) play the files directly in your Windows Media Player with the plugin.
Update: The Sony Digital Voice Editor (version 1.2) software and driver are now finally available for download here. (I still can’t understand why Sony doesn’t put it up — it comes with the recorder, and isn’t of any use to anybody who doesn’t have the recorder.)
