Audio Recorder for the Treo 600/650/700p/680/755/Centro with support for headset and ear piece recording and playback.

Personal Audio Recorder (PAR) turn your Palm into an audio recorder. PAR can record voice memos to RAM or on the external card such as SD and MMC.

Recorded voice memos can easily to beamed or transferred to the desktop using a card reader or a card exporter software. Voice memo can also be emailed with your email client.

PAR includes one button press recording feature, keyboard short cuts, export voice memos to the card, import wave files from the card to RAM, pause recording, pause play, start playing at any part of the voice memo.

DEMO LIMITATIONS: - 14 day trial - Nag screen - Only allows to record 30 seconds per voice memo.

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Revision History Version 4 Changes Feb 21, 2008

• Completely rewritten.

  Version 3.3 Changes July 12, 2006

  • Added GSM 7.11 codec for recording. You can now record and play back GSM 7.11 wav files. GSM 7.11 codec is now free in v3.3
  • Added Exchange Manager support. You can set PAR PRO to be the default application to play wav files. Other devices can beam you the wav file and PAR PRO will save it to the Audio folder and play it back.
  • Added support for StyleTap platform for PocketPC and Windows Mobile PalmOS emulation.
  Version 3.2 Changes May 24, 2006
  • Added G711 codec support for voicemail wav files sent via email to you. You will need to purchase the voice mail plugin.
  • Added new item "Tell me memos during Hotsync" to the Prefs. This will display a note after hotsync telling you that you have recorded new memos and you should listen to them. This is useful if you record alot of memos during the day or dont have time to play them back.
  • Better 5way support for the Play screen
  v3.1 Changes Jan 31, 2006
  • Added background recording. You will need to install the PAREx.prc to main memory.

    To enable background recording do this

    • Press the menu key or the tap on the menu key and select preferences from the menu
    • Check "Auto record on button pressed" checkbox
    • check "use background recorder" checkbox
    • To start background recording exit PAR and the hold the activation key down for 2 seconds then let go. You will see "REC" flashing on the top left hand corner. To stop recording press and hold the activation key again for 2 seconds then left go. The "REC" should stop flashing.

      The background recording will only enabled if outside of the PAR application. If you record inside PAR then it will use the normal recording.

      If you use the background to recorder to record phone conversation then the wav file will be saved in the PhoneCalls folder.

      Note: to record phone conversation using the background recorder you must be in the handset or speaker mode and can't use headset. This is not a true phone recorder.

  • On the Treo 600/650 a new icon is added to the Toolbar in the Play form. You can select to redirect the audio playback sound to Handset, Headset or Speakerphone. For privacy you can set the Handset which is the speaker you put by your ear.
  • Added Time marker. When you play back you set upto 10 markers that you can easily go back to. You can set a marker in the Menu or use the New shortcut keys. Markers are saved for each voice memo and you can save it as long as you need it. When a new marker is added you will see a RED arrow by the status bar. To playback a marker just tap on the RED marker.
  • Added shortcut keys for Markers
  Version 3.0
  • Totally rewritten with new interface.
  • support for multiple cards and LifeDrive.
  • Perfect tool for Podcasting.
  Version 2.6
  • Added Lowres and HiRes screen options in the Prefs. You can switch this if you have a T650 or Tungsten
  • Added stop recording when the One button recording is pressed
  • Changed the way alarms works. After you have recorded a voice memo you can set an alarm to remind you of the voice memo
  • Added Manage alarms. You can see all the alarms set and can delete them
  • Made the media icon (located on the bottom of the screen) selectable in the HiRes screen
  Version 2.5
  • fixed the Recording status on the T600. Build 38 had the incorrect status.
  • when recording the memory status now updates itself. You can tell how much memory is left.
  • You can now stop the recording using the same One button recording key.
  • Added new hiRes Skin. For screen options, tap on the arrow on the top right hand corner.
  • for hiRes palms. you will see the media icon on the lower left corner. if it shows and SD card then you are playing or recording to the card. If the palm icon is shown then its playing or recording in main memory.
  • New hiRes icon.
  • when starting par the default media will be always be the card unless you dont have a card mounted.
  • Fixed the problem with encryption. some users have reported invalid key or crashes when encrypting/decrypting.

  Version 2.4

  • Fixed the problem that crashes on the T650
  • Separated the prefs and short key cuts
  • Minor bug fixes