Patent ID: 6493672
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of making and distributing voice recordings, comprising the steps of:(a) providing a portable digital audio recorder; (b) using the portable digital audio recorder to record words spoken by a plurality of individuals at a meeting location, said spoken words being stored in the portable digital audio recorder in the form of digitized speech signals; (b1) providing a personal computer connected to a voice information distribution system; (b2) designating a directory in a file management system of the personal computer as a directory for receiving voice information to be distributed through the voice information distribution system; (c) transferring the digitized speech signals to the personal computer; (c1) storing the transferred digitized speech signals in association with the designated directory; (d) using a data communication network to distribute the transferred digitized speech signals from the personal computer to a plurality of listener locations; and (e) audibly reproducing the distributed digitized speech signals at the listener locations.