If you play these programs on your computer you can record them and make cd's. One way is with the free program Audacity. Press the record button start the program and press the stop button when it's over. Export the file as a .wav file to the folder of your choice then use your cd burner to record it.

See the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: usb recording

> If I carry one in my pants pocket will it pick up the other end of a conversation with the other end being as much as 8 feet away? I don't think so if it's normal conversation. You may be able to try some at the electronic stores, BB, CC, RS, ect. Some of the MP3 players are also voice recorders.

We don't have a cell phone, but Jott sure sounds handy! I keep a pen and some paper in my purse, along with the PDA that I don't use very often. Or else I write on the errand list I already have with me. I transfer the info to the proper place when I get home. For example, I might be listening to the radio, and want to visit a URL that was mentioned. So I jot it down, and put the note on my computer desk later. Many times, hubby comes home and tells me he didn't do something while at work because he forgot. (It's usually something like a quick personal phone call while another office is still open, or to remember to bring something home from the office, etc.) So I grab the phone and leave a message for him on voice mail, while he's standing right next to me. Otherwise, he'd just keep forgetting. And then I'd hear him complain again when he gets home. Someday, he might actually call himself to leave a reminder, but so far, I have to be the one who thinks to do it. I think it is all a matter of making new habits, and having a strategy to retain important information, so that it won't get lost in the shuffle of urgent-but-not-important everyday life.