Olympus Imaging Corporation, Japan, has donated 100 digital voice recorders to be used for recording oral discourse in Papua New Guinea.  Four VN5200PC recorders were trialled in the Eastern Highlands Province in 2009, and found to be exceptionally robust and easy to use.  They include a built-in microphone and speaker, with ample fidelity for careful transcription work, avoiding the need to plug in external microphones and speakers.  The recorder holds 32 hours of compressed audio at the highest quality recording setting, and two alkaline AAA batteries provide enough power for filling the recorder without a battery change.