Patent ID: 8843374

Claim:
A voice information recording apparatus, comprising: a voice information inputting device configured to input voice information; a memory configured to store the inputted voice information; an optical reader configured to read a dot pattern printed in advance; a first processor configured to convert the dot pattern read by the optical reader to at least one of code information and coordinate information; a second processor configured to receive at least one of code information and coordinate information corresponding to a dot pattern that is read by the optical reader after the inputted voice information is stored, to associate the at least one of code information and coordinate information corresponding to the dot pattern that is read by the optical reader after the inputted voice information is stored with the inputted stored voice information, and to register the associated the at least one of code information and coordinate information corresponding to the dot pattern that is read by the optical reader after the inputted voice information is stored and the inputted stored voice information in a link table provided in the memory, and wherein the second processor is configured to reproduce the voice information by retrieving the voice information from the memory associated by means of the link table in response to reading the dot pattern again by the optical reader after the at least one of code information and coordinate information has been associated with the voice information.