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6.6 Voice Recorder
Voice Recorder
lets you record your voice and then quickly send it in an
MMS or e-mail, beam it, or set the recorded voice as your ringtone.
Note
Voice Recorder saves voice recordings in AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate
Narrowband) format only. This is a common speech audio format used in
mobile devices.
To record your voice
1.
Tap
Start > Programs > Voice Recorder
.
2.
Hold the device’s microphone near your mouth.
3.
Tap
Record
or
to start recording a voice clip. Tap
Stop
to end the
recording.
All recordings are saved in the
My Voices
folder by default. You can choose
another folder to save voice recordings by tapping beside the folder name
on the top-left of the screen and then in the menu, choose the folder where
to save future recordings.
To play back a voice recording
•
On the Voice Recorder screen, select a voice recording then tap
.
Tips
•
Tap
to increase the volume; tap
to decrease the volume.
•
Tap
to toggle between muting and unmuting the volume.
To send the voice recording through MMS
•
Select a voice recording then tap
Menu > Send via MMS
. A new
MMS message is then created with the voice recording automatically
inserted as an audio clip.
See “MMS” in Chapter 7 to learn how to compose and send MMS
messages.
To send the voice recording via e-mail
•
Select a voice recording then tap
Menu > Send > Outlook E-mail
.
This creates a new Outlook e-mail message with the voice recording
inserted as a file attachment.
See “Using E-mail” in Chapter 7 to learn how to send e-mail.
