Voice-activated portable personal organizer

December 28, 2008 7:35 PM

Looking for voice-activated/voice-recognition personal organizer/time management portable device for person who does best with audio rather written prompts/reminders.

Is there by chance an add-on for a 4-gig Ipod (which she has and uses a lot) that will do this? If not, what hand-held reasonably-priced (under $100) device (intuitive, not complicated...preferably managed w/ voice-recognition/activated software) that you can recommend. This is not for a very busy business-person, but for a person w/ a learning disability with strong verbal skills but poor written skills/comprehension to simply manage everyday life...memos, appointments, etc.

posted by mumstheword to Technology (3 answers total)

There are voice recording accessories for most iPods, depending on the exact model. I've listed some barebones compatibility details (how does it respond when I plug it in?) for the TuneTalk & MicroMemo, though there are other caveats. There are more accessories I haven't checked, such as iVoice (for iPhone & the 2nd generation Touch), & others for the old 3rd or 4th Gen iPods.

I've also heard that ipodlinux (which is free) allows mono recordings on some (older?) iPods, but I haven't seen that personally.

I haven't noticed voice-activated recording or voice-recognition software.
posted by Pronoiac at 2:20 AM on December 29, 2008

Incidentally, I've got both the TuneTalk & MicroMemo, & it's worth noting that the TuneTalk works much better with my microphones.
posted by Pronoiac at 10:59 AM on January 2, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks for the kind responses...I'm looking into some of your suggestions...the MicroMemo looks like a good possibility
posted by mumstheword at 9:21 AM on January 29, 2009