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I saw that some of the new voice recorders have alot of space. I am
primarily interested in using such a device for journaling, that is
recording my thoughts and so on each day. The key thing is that I
often record very short blurbs, but I would like them to each be part
of one file until I start another file. Is that possible with some of
these or with which ones ? I think I have an older recorder, which I
think doesn't even have a USB and what I don't like about it is that
it starts a new file each time. I'd like to be able to record say 10
or 20 short 5-10 second blurbs all separately and have them all be
part of the same file until I decide to start a new file. That's what
I like about cassettes is that it's all part of one tape, I can
organize tapes and label them instead of a zillion little files.

Also, if I could record directly to mp3 that might be good as I think
that format uses less space, but that's not critical.

[William Sommerwerck]

On most digital recorders, switching from record to stop closes the first
file. Returning to record opens a new file.

Some machines might allow you to append new stuff to an existing file, but
I'm not sure.

Basically, you need to leave the recorder in pause when not recording. This
will, of course, run down the battery prematurely, so you'll need to leave
it plugged into an AC adapter.