Mobile phone with voice recording transfer function

A wireless mobile telephone comprising:

• a single housing comprising:
• a wireless telecommunication mechanism;
• and
• an audio recorder configured for recording a voice signal, configured for storing the voice signal as a voice recording, and configured for directing transfer of the voice recording to an external target device, wherein the audio recorder includes a non-volatile memory unit comprising an magnetic random access memory unit for storing the voice recording.

A method of voice transcription comprising:

• recording and storing a voice signal as a digital voice recording into at least one of an internal memory and a removable memory unit of a wireless mobile phone;
• wirelessly transmitting the recorded voice signal to at least one of:
• a voice recognition transcriber configured to store and to electronically transcribe the voice recording;
• and
• a manual transcription station configured to store and to play the voice recording for manual transcription of the voice recording.

A voice recording transfer monitor of a wireless mobile phone for directing transfer of a voice recording form the wireless mobile phone to an external target device, the monitor comprising:

• a transfer selector configured for selecting a transfer path of the voice recording including at least one of short range wireless communication, wireless network communication, wired direct communication, and transfer by removable storage media;
• a voice source selector configured for selecting a source of the voice input signal from at least one of a user, the memory unit, a teleconference, and a multiple user environment;
• a recording function configured for selecting at least one of the following functions:
• recording a voice signal, playing a voice recording, erasing a voice recording, and storing a voice recording;
• and
• a target selector configured to select the external target to include at least one of the following devices a second wireless mobile phone, a computing device, a voice mail system, a personal digital assistant, a manual transcription station, a voice recognition transcriber;
• and a web site.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of directing transfer of a voice recording from a wireless mobile phone to an external target device, the method comprising:

• selecting a transfer path of the voice recording including at least one of short range wireless communication, wireless network communication, wired direct communication, and transfer by removable storage media;
• selecting a source of a voice input signal to obtain the voice recording from at least one of a user, the memory unit, a teleconference, and a multiple user environment;
• selecting at least one of the following functions:
• recording a voice signal, playing a voice recording, erasing a voice recording, and storing a voice recording;
• and
• selecting the external target to include at least one of the following devices:
• a second wireless mobile phone;
• a computing device;
• a voice mail system;
• a personal digital assistant;
• a manual transcription station;
• a voice recognition transcriber;
• and a web site.