Voice message recorder for use with telephones
First Claim
1. A telephone recording apparatus, comprising:
- a) a telephone handset having a handgrip portion to be held by a user, said handgrip portion having opposite sides at the exterior of the handset; and
b ) message means for recording a voice message uttered by the user in a recording mode, and for playing an audible recorded message in a playback mode, said message means includinga housing supported by the handset and having opposite lateral edge regions at said opposite sides of the handset,an electrical recorder device supported by the housing,an electric power source electrically connected to the recorder device for supplying electrical power thereto,a microphone electrically connected to the recorder device, and operative for converting the voice message into electrical input signals and for supplying said electrical input signals to the recorder device,a speaker electrically connected to the recorder device, and operative for converting electrical output signals from the recorder device into the recorded message to be played, andmanually actuatable recording and playback controls for controlling the recorder device in the recording and playback modes respectively, said controls being located at at least one of said opposite lateral edge regions of the housing and being accessible to the user at at least one of said opposite sides of the handset.
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Abstract
A telephone apparatus includes, in combination, a handset unit and a voice message recording unit that is supported on the handset unit so as to be disposed at the general vicinity of the user'"'"'s mouth when the handset unit is in the use position thereof. The recording unit may be both physically and electrically interposed between the handset unit and a telephone cord leading to a base unit of the telephone apparatus, in which case the loudspeaker of the handset unit can be used by the recording unit as well, or be mounted on or physically incorporated within a flap of the handset unit, or be partially received in an externally disposed pocket of a case for the handset unit. In these instances, the recording unit is self-contained in that it has its own device for processing electrical signals issued by a recording device of the recording unit and representative of prerecorded sounds into audible sounds, be it a built-in loudspeaker or an FM transmitter that broadcasts signals to be picked up and converted into the audible sounds by a nearby radio receiver.
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1. A telephone recording apparatus, comprising:
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a) a telephone handset having a handgrip portion to be held by a user, said handgrip portion having opposite sides at the exterior of the handset; and b ) message means for recording a voice message uttered by the user in a recording mode, and for playing an audible recorded message in a playback mode, said message means including a housing supported by the handset and having opposite lateral edge regions at said opposite sides of the handset, an electrical recorder device supported by the housing, an electric power source electrically connected to the recorder device for supplying electrical power thereto, a microphone electrically connected to the recorder device, and operative for converting the voice message into electrical input signals and for supplying said electrical input signals to the recorder device, a speaker electrically connected to the recorder device, and operative for converting electrical output signals from the recorder device into the recorded message to be played, and manually actuatable recording and playback controls for controlling the recorder device in the recording and playback modes respectively, said controls being located at at least one of said opposite lateral edge regions of the housing and being accessible to the user at at least one of said opposite sides of the handset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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