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Voice recording and/or reproducing apparatus

  • US 5,903,871 A
  • Filed: 04/15/1997
  • Issued: 05/11/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A voice recording and reproducing apparatus for use with a recording medium, the apparatus comprising:

  • information storage means for storing predetermined information including at least one of information unique to a user and information unique to the voice recording and reproducing apparatus;

    identification code generating means for generating an identification code based on the predetermined information;

    analog-to-digital converting means for converting an analog signal representing an input voice to a digital signal;

    data compressing means for compressing the digital signal to create voice data;

    recording means for recording to the recording medium the voice data and index information of the voice data including the identification code, as a voice file having a name including a predetermined extension consisting of one to three characters;

    file reading means for reading out, from the recording medium, only a file having a name including the predetermined extension consisting of one to three characters;

    data decompressing means for decompressing the voice data of the file read out by the file reading means;

    digital-to-analog converting means for converting the voice data decompressed by the data decompressing means to an analog signal; and

    detecting means for detecting that the index information of the file read out by the file reading means includes the identification code.

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