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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1996
Hidetaka Takahashi, Musashino, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A voice recording and/or reproducing device includes a plurality of coders having different bit rates for coding voice to provide coded voice data, a voice recording mode change over switch for selecting one of the plurality of coders, and a system controller. The system controller stores coding selection data obtained by the change over of the voice recording mode and coded voice data obtained from the selected coder, to a storing medium, and reduces a deterioration of the voice due to the change over. The voice recording and/or reproducing device also includes a detector for detecting the coding selection data, and a plurality of decoders for decoding the coded voice data at the bit rate corresponding to the detected coding selection data.