Automatic meta-data tagging pictures and video records

A method for labeling an image recorded by a portable device, comprising the steps of:

• capturing the image;
• recording sounds in the vicinity of the portable device for a predetermined period of time after the image is captured;
• processing the recorded sounds to create a list of recognizable words in the recorded sounds;
• storing said list of recognizable words in a metatag field associated with the captured image.

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• a sound recording unit for recording sounds in the vicinity of the portable electronic device;
• an image capturing device for capturing an image;
• a processor for retrieving an audio record of recorded sounds from a first predetermined period of time prior to the capture of the image until a second predetermined period of time after the capture of the image;
• a word recognition system for processing the retrieved audio record to create a list of recognizable words in the retrieved audio record;
• a memory for storing said list of recognizable words in a metatag field associated with the captured image.

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• an image capturing device for capturing an image;
• a sound recording unit for recording sounds in the vicinity of the portable electronic device for a predetermined period of time after the image is captured;
• a word recognition system for processing the recorded sounds to create a list of recognizable words in a the recorded sounds;
• a memory for storing the list of recognizable words in a metatag field associated with the captured image.