An apparatus for recording and replaying a message comprising a plurality of control buttons for controlling the apparatus; a processor connected to the record control button for communicating instructions to a memory; a memory connected to the processor for storing audio data; a microphone connected to the memory for providing audio data to the memory; and a speaker connected to the memory for producing audio output. Upon activation of a first of said plurality of control buttons a microphone is controlled to receive audio data. The microphone provides the received audio data to a memory for storing the audio data. Upon activation of a second of said plurality of control buttons the processor controls the memory to provide the stored audio data to the speaker for audiblizing at predetermined intervals.