no more practical than a telephone
complicated to correct a dictation as it is difficult to navigate in the sound file except to listen again from the beginning and overwrite...
useless for professional dictation.
my ten year old ds 2400 is much better.
The retractable USB and micro sd card are very useful.
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to use the USB port on the Dictaphone or not, but it's a good idea to have a male female USB cable.
The sound quality of the tie microphone is not as good as with normal voice recording.