Locating digital images in a portable electronic device

An electronic device comprising:

• a microphone;
• a tactile user input unit;
• a sound recording unit;
• a number of digital images;
• and
• a digital image handling unit configured to
• receive, via the tactile user input unit, a user selection of a voice tag that may be provided for locating at least one digital image,
• instruct said sound recording unit to record sound received from said user via said microphone, and
• store said recorded sound as a sound file to be used as a tag for locating at least one image among the number of digital images.

A method for simplifying the locating of digital images in a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

• receiving from a user the selection of searching for digital images using name tags;
• recording sound emitted by said user;
• comparing said sound with stored sound files;
• indicating a sound file corresponding to the received sound;
• and
• locating at least one image file associated with the indicated sound file.

An electronic device comprising:

• a microphone;
• a voice recognition unit;
• a tactile user input unit;
• a sound recording unit;
• a number of digital images;
• and
• a digital image handling unit configured to:
• receive from a user, via the tactile user input unit, the selection of searching for digital images using voice tags,
• instruct said sound recording unit to record sound emitted by said user via said microphone,
• instruct the voice recognition unit to compare the received sound with stored sound files and indicate a sound file corresponding to the received sound, and
• locate at least one image file associated with the indicated sound file.

A portable electronic device for simplifying the locating of digital images, the portable electronic device comprising:

• means for receiving from a user the selection of searching for digital images using name tags,
• means for recording sound emitted by said user,
• means for comparing said sound with stored sound files,
• means for indicating a sound file corresponding to the received sound, and
• means for locating at least one image file associated with the indicated sound file.

A computer program for enabling the locating of digital images in a portable electronic device, comprising computer program code to cause the portable electronic device to:

• receive, from a user, the selection of searching for digital images using name tags;
• instruct a sound recording unit to record sound emitted by said user via a microphone,
• instruct a voice recognition unit to compare this received sound with stored sound files and indicate a sound file corresponding to the received sound, and
• locate at least one image file associated with the indicated sound file.