Picture changer with recording and playback capability

A display apparatus comprising display means for holding a plurality of image prints and for displaying the image prints successively in a viewing aperture, and advance means for sequentially advancing the image prints one at a time to said viewing aperture, comprising:

• scanning means for scanning a handwritten indicia on the back surface of at least one of the plurality of image prints;
• decoding means for decoding said scanned indicia wherein said indicia contains identification information unique to said at least one scanned image print;
• recording means for recording audio corresponding to said at least one scanned image print;
• storage means for storing said recorded audio corresponding to said at least one scanned image print at a unique storage location uniquely associated with said identification information;
• playback means for playing back from said unique storage location said recorded audio corresponding to said at least one scanned image print when said at least one scanned image print is displayed at said viewing aperture,
• whereby said indicia provides a means to correspond said at least one image print with said corresponding audio recording, and
• whereby said display apparatus is convenient for both displaying image prints and playing back audio associated with said image prints.

A method for sequentially displaying a stack of image prints in a display apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• i) placing said stack of image prints into said display apparatus;
• ii) scanning a machine-readable data from a back surface of a bottom-most stacked image print wherein said machine-readable data comprises audio data, machine data, or text data, and wherein said machine-readable data is integral to said back surface of said bottom-most stacked image print;
• iii) decoding said scanned machine-readable data corresponding to said bottom-most stacked image print and storing said scanned machine-readable data corresponding to said bottom-most stacked image print in a storage means;
• iv) advancing said bottom-most stacked image print to a top-most position of the stack and into a viewing aperture;
• v) playing back said decoded scanned machine-readable data stored in said storage means corresponding to said top-most stacked image print displayed in said viewing aperture,
• whereby said display apparatus is convenient for both displaying image prints and playing back said machine-readable data associated with said image prints

A method of sequentially displaying a stack of image prints in a display apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• i) placing said stack of image prints into said display apparatus;
• ii) scanning a handwritten indicia on a back surface of a bottom-most stacked image print;
• iii) decoding said scanned indicia wherein said indicia contains identification information unique to said bottom-most stacked image print;
• iv) advancing said bottom-most stacked image print to a top-most position of the stack and into a viewing aperture;
• v) recording an audio corresponding to said top-most stacked image print;
• vi) storing said recorded audio corresponding to said top-most stacked image print in a storage means at a storage location uniquely associated with said identification information corresponding to said top-most stacked image print;
• vii) playing back from said storage means said recorded audio corresponding to said top-most stacked image print displayed at said viewing aperture of said display apparatus,
• whereby said indicia provides a means to correspond said top-most stacked image print with said corresponding audio recording, and
• whereby said display apparatus is convenient for both displaying image prints and playing back audio associated with said image prints.

A method of recording a machine-readable data on a back surface of an image print, the machine-readable data representative of an audio recording corresponding to the image print, comprising the steps of:

• i) outputting the audio recording from a display apparatus used to record the audio recording;
• ii) converting the audio recording into said machine-readable data using an algorithmic encoding process, wherein said machine-readable data is a two-dimensional encodement format;
• iii) printing said machine-readable data using a printing device and integrating said machine-readable data with the back surface of the corresponding image print,
• whereby the audio recording is made integral to the image print.