Multimedia linking device and method

The invention relates generally to information processing devices and processes. In particular, the invention relates to information processing devices and processes that automatically link user notations on a page to time-varying data (e.g., handwritten notes linked to a corresponding audio presentation). A multimedia linking device automatically links user notations (e.g., handwritten notes) made on a page to time-varying data (e.g., audio). Consequently, a user can take notes while observing a multimedia presentation, for example, and later review the notes and the corresponding segments of the recorded multimedia presentation. This dynamic linking capability also enables a user to add new notes during playback, which are automatically linked to the segment of the multimedia presentation playing when the new notes are made. Similarly, new recordings can be appended to the multimedia presentation and they will be automatically linked to corresponding user notations. The user can also stop the playback of the recording and add new notes which are automatically linked to the segment of the multimedia presentation that was playing when the playback was interrupted.