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How to Format microSD card using Zoom H1n
In this blog post I am going to share with you a step by step guide on how to format a microSD card using the Zoom H1n. Why? Well, I recently had a chat with an oral historian that is looking to conduct oral history interviews. They got the Zoom H1n audio recorder a few…
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How to Use Your Zoom H1n to Record Your Oral History Interviews
The Zoom H1n is a portable digital recorder that is popular for a variety of uses, including recording all your oral history interviews. It’s a great choice for anyone who needs a high-quality portable recorder. It is easy to use, produces excellent sound quality, and is very affordable. In this series, we’ll look at a…
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Top 5 Tips on How to Make the Most of your interviews Using Microsoft Teams
Of course, conducting interviews via Microsoft Teams also requires some preparation and best practices. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your online interviews using Microsoft Teams – Test your equipment and internet connection before the interview. Make sure your camera, microphone, and speakers are working properly and that you have…
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Zoom H1n Review For your Oral History Interviews
There are a number of recorders that can be used to record your oral history interviews and choosing the best voice recorders will depend on a lot of factors. Zoom H1 has been the choice of many oral historians due to its small size and simplicity, but the evolution continued. Zoom has since then introduced…
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Top Tips on How to Ask Questions in An Oral History Interview
In oral history, interviews are important as they can convey personality, explain motivation, and reveal inner thoughts and perceptions. To some extent an interview may serve as the only source of information available about a certain event, person or period of time. This is why it is vital that an interviewer/oral historian be well prepared…
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Top Tips on How to Record your Oral History Interviews in a Noisy Environment
An oral history interview recorded in a noisy environment is a nightmare to anyone who has to listen back to the recordings, especially anyone given the task to transcribe the audio. It’s a fact that sometimes researchers require transcribers to perform miracles and turn poorly recorded data into immaculate transcripts. As transcribers, we would love…
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Best MicroSD cards for your Zoom H1n Oral History Recorders
In my previous blog about The Four Best Voice Recorders for Your Oral History Interviews, we looked at Zoom H1n. Now we’re going to look at microSD cards that can be used as additional memory to the Zoom H1n recorder. SanDisk Ultra 32GB If you are looking for a microSD for your Zoom H1n recorder…
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The Four Best Voice Recorders for Your Oral History Interviews
In this post I’m going to share my top three picks for the best voice recorders for your oral history interviews and some amazing features they each come with. My top four pics are Zoom H1n This is considered the newer and better version of the Zoom H1. It is an entry level professional digital…
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Top Three Possible Sources of Funding for Oral History Research
The execution of an oral history research project is dependent not only on the effort of the researcher but also on the availability of infrastructure to conduct the research for it to be successful. The conduct of a research project entails expenses on man and material and funding is essential to meet these requirements. It…
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The Six R’s for Good Oral History Practice
Oral history should always strive to create a situation where the interviewer is able give the interviewee the space to reflect widely, to recall fully and to also associate with the subject of the interviewer, all the while providing a suitable environment for the interviewee to do so. Martha Ross the “mother” of oral history…
