•• Compression Menu: 

VoiceCalendar allows the user to select the desired compression level at the time a reminder is created.  Compressing and decompressing of the message is done transparently and once the desired level is selected and the preferences are captured, user never has to do deal with compression again and everything is done automatically thereafter.  Compressing the recorded sound would help to save disk space and allows longer messages.  At 22 KHz sampling rate, with no compression each second of recorded sound will take approximately 22k of disk space.  With 3 to 1 compression one second of sound will take 7.6k of space and at 6 to 1 compression only requires 3.8k of disk space.  The disk space used to store a message is greatly reduced through compression, however the compression process will somewhat reduce the fidelity of sound recorded.  The 3 to 1 compression offers a compromise between disk space and quality of sound.