System for adding sound to pictures

Abstract

A sound segment recording system is used in conjunction with a conventional camera (c) that by itself cannot record sounds. A sound recorder (100) has a mounting device (120, 190) for mounting the recorder on the camera, a microphone (110), and a sound-record switch (130) that is placed adjacent the shutter button when the recorder is mounted. A 'sound stick' (200) has a connector (210) on the one end to transfer sound data from the recorder when the sound stick is inserted in an opening (170). The sound stick contains memories (230) that record sound segments. A playback device, which may be separate or combined with the recorder, is provided, into which the sound stick also plugs for downloading sound segments data. The sound stick includes a reading head (270) that can scan a bar code that correlates the sound segments with the pictures.