If I were to highlight importance....Compression Feature aside

An additional significant feature of the present device comprises compression circuitry 41 and 42 coupled to the memory circuitry 24 (generally forming part of the control circuitry generally identified as 21) for compressing digital signal for storage in the flash memory module. This circuitry includes a DSP 41 and CODEC 42 which cooperate to compress data at a ratio of 16:1 for storage. Applying such data compression provides record times of 60 minutes or more, corresponding to traditional cassette tape recording times. These same components 41 and 42 cooperate as data retrieval circuitry for expanding compressed signal to a useful output signal to be sent to the speaker 36.

21 as a whole...

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