Personal organizer with interface for recording digital voice files
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1. A digital assistant comprising:
- an enclosure for enclosing and supporting internal elements;
a CPU within the enclosure for managing functions of the digital assistant;
a memory connected to the CPU by a memory bus for storing data and executable routines;
input apparatus adapted for a user to input information to the digital assistant;
a display apparatus adapted to display text and graphic information to a user; and
voice input apparatus adapted to accept audible sound, to convert the audible sound to digital representation, and to store the input in the memory as digital sound files; and
wherein the digital assistant further comprising a host interface comprising a host interface bus coupled to the CPU and a bus controller, and to a first portion of a host interface connector at a surface of the enclosure for connection to a bus of a host computer, the host interface bus comprising conductors and signals for addresses, data, and control signals, the control signals including at least one memory control signal.
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Abstract
A digital assistant computer device has an audio input interface and a memory adapted to receive audio input of significant time extent, and to convert the input and store it as a digital sound file. The digital assistant in one embodiment has a CPU and bus, input and display apparatus, on-board memory, and a microphone and digital signal processor for accepting and converting audio input. In some such embodiments the on-board memory is flash memory
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1. A digital assistant comprising:
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an enclosure for enclosing and supporting internal elements; a CPU within the enclosure for managing functions of the digital assistant; a memory connected to the CPU by a memory bus for storing data and executable routines; input apparatus adapted for a user to input information to the digital assistant; a display apparatus adapted to display text and graphic information to a user; and voice input apparatus adapted to accept audible sound, to convert the audible sound to digital representation, and to store the input in the memory as digital sound files; and wherein the digital assistant further comprising a host interface comprising a host interface bus coupled to the CPU and a bus controller, and to a first portion of a host interface connector at a surface of the enclosure for connection to a bus of a host computer, the host interface bus comprising conductors and signals for addresses, data, and control signals, the control signals including at least one memory control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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