Portable dictation recording device having a mechanism for transmitting recorded dictation to a remote device
OwnerBruce J. Barkerinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a portable voice recording device. The device includes a microphone for generating an electrical signal representative of an acoustic speech signal. An analog to digital converter receives the electric signal from the microphone and generates a digital memory signal representative of the electric signal. A memory device stores the digital memory signal. In response to a user's request, a digital to analog converter converts the memory signal to an analog electrical signal which drives a loudspeaker to generate an acoustic reproduction of the original speech signal. Also, in response to a user's request, the device transmits the memory signal to an output terminal for transmission to a processing device.
Claims13
A portable voice recording device comprising:
- a microphone for generating an electrical signal representative of an acoustic speech signal,
- a digital to analog converter for receiving said electrical signal from said microphone and generating in response thereto a digital memory signal representative of said electric signal,
- memory device for storing said memory signal, and
- an output port controller for transmitting said memory signal to a remote device.
A portable voice recording device comprising:
- a microphone for generating an electrical signal representative of an acoustic speech signal,
- an analog to digital converter for receiving said electric signal from said microphone and generating a digital memory signal representative of said electric signal,
- memory device for storing said digital memory signal,
- a digital to analog converter for converting said memory signal to an analog electrical signal,
- a loudspeaker for generating an acoustic signal corresponding to said analog signal,
- an output terminal,
- an output port controller for transmitting said memory signal to said output terminal, and
- a download selection mechanism for allowing a user to instruct the output port controller to transmit said memory signal to said output terminal.
A portable voice recording device comprising:
- a microphone for generating an electrical signal representative of an acoustic speech signal,
- memory device for storing a memory signal representative of said electrical signal,
- an output port controller for transmitting said memory signal to a remote device,
- download selection mechanism for allowing a user to instruct the voice recording device to transmit said memory signal to said remote device, wherein said download selection mechanism comprises a switch having a plurality of settings, at least one of said settings instructing said voice recording device to transmit said memory signal to said remote device.
A portable voice recording device comprising:
- a microphone for generating an electrical signal representative of an acoustic speech signal,
- memory device for storing a memory signal representative of said electric signal,
- an output port controller for transmitting said memory signal to a remote device,
- a loudspeaker for generating an acoustic signal corresponding to said memory signal, and
- a download controller for disabling said loudspeaker from generating said acoustic signal while said output port controller transmits said memory signal to said remote device.
A portable voice recording device comprising:
- a microphone for generating an electrical signal representative of an acoustic speech signal,
- memory device for storing a memory signal representative of said electric signal,
- an output port controller for transmitting said memory signal to a remote device, and
- a download controller for automatically terminating said output controller from transmitting said memory signal when said entire memory signal has been transmitted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.