Palm and Treo Hacks

Record Voice Memos

Sometimes it is faster and easier to speak a memo than it is to write one.

Some Palm devices come equipped to record voice memos. Devices such as the Tungsten C, Tungsten T, Tungsten T3, and Zire 72 come with the Voice Memo application. Even on these devices, however, you will need to purchase a hands-free headset from palmOne to record voice memos. The headset has a button for recording memos. Push the button to start recording, push it again to stop. Or you can start and stop recording from the Voice Memo application itself.

Tip

People seem to have better luck accessing voice memos on their Palm device if the memos are stored on a memory card rather than in internal memory.

Voice Memo syncs with the desktop. On Windows, there is a plug-in for the desktop that allows you to manage and listen to voice memos.

Software Solutions

For Tungsten, Treo, and some Zire models, you have another choice. You can buy software that makes use of a headset to record voice memos. These programs provide the same sorts of functions as the built-in Voice Memo application, except they work on a wider range of devices.

Personal Audio Recorder PRO.

Personal Audio Recorder PRO (http://www.toysoft.ca, see Figure 4-14) provides many useful features, including one button recording, playback of memos on the Palm device (including a pause function), and importing and exporting of memos from and to a memory card. Once you have voice memos on a memory card, you can use a memory card reader on your ...