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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2000
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A voice recording/reproducing apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a recording medium, a recording unit, a playback unit, and a reproduction manipulating unit. The recording unit records by voice the items of a schedule for each day on the recording medium. The playback unit reproduces by voice the items of a schedule for each day which are recorded on the recording medium. The playback manipulating unit is used to designate a day of a year for which a schedule must be played back, and to instruct the playback unit to play back the items of the schedule for the designated day. The recording unit can record a plurality of schedule items as the items of a schedule for each day. All the schedule items for the designated day are played back responsive to one manipulation performed on the playback manipulating unit.