1. A portable optical scanner comprising: a) a hand-held housing; b) an optical sensor disposed within said housing; c) a first memory in electrical communication with said optical scanner for storing information representative of the output of said optical sensor; d) an image guide extending to a position proximate said optical sensor for communicating an image being scanned from the scanned surface to the optical sensor; e) a microphone; and f) a second memory for storing information representative of the output of said microphone.