Yes. That could be useful. The only drawback is that if it doesn't record, then you need speech to find out the error message (that happened to me earlier this week. Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT American Printing House For The Blind 1839 Frankfort Ave. Louisville, KY 40206 PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307 >>> hillco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 08/18/05 12:05PM >>> Somebody mentioned the idea of making the recording beep audible without headphones. Since the buzzer is there, this seems quite possible. It'd sure make the bp a lot more useful for recording memos.