diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditActivity.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditActivity.java
index 56c803506..5e5d6c3cc 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditActivity.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskEditActivity.java
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import android.app.AlertDialog;
 import android.app.DatePickerDialog;
-import android.app.DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener;
 import android.app.TabActivity;
+import android.app.DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener;
 import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
 import android.content.ContentValues;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.DialogInterface;
-import android.content.DialogInterface.OnCancelListener;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.IntentFilter;
+import android.content.DialogInterface.OnCancelListener;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.os.Bundle;
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams;
 import android.widget.AdapterView;
-import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
 import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
 import android.widget.Button;
 import android.widget.CheckBox;
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 import android.widget.TimePicker;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 import android.widget.ToggleButton;
+import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
 
 import com.timsu.astrid.R;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.data.Property.StringProperty;
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ public final class TaskEditActivity extends TabActivity {
             int prompt = R.string.voice_edit_note_prompt;
             voiceNoteAssistant = new VoiceInputAssistant(this, voiceAddNoteButton,
                     notesEditText);
+            voiceNoteAssistant.setAppend(true);
             voiceNoteAssistant.setLanguageModel(RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM);
             voiceNoteAssistant.configureMicrophoneButton(prompt);
         }
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/voice/VoiceInputAssistant.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/voice/VoiceInputAssistant.java
index 860d978d9..91e1bb826 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/voice/VoiceInputAssistant.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/voice/VoiceInputAssistant.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class VoiceInputAssistant {
     private final Activity activity;
     private final ImageButton voiceButton;
     private final EditText textField;
+    private boolean append = false;
 
     private String languageModel = RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_WEB_SEARCH;
 
@@ -61,6 +62,11 @@ public class VoiceInputAssistant {
         return languageModel;
     }
 
+    /** Sets whether voice input will append into field */
+    public void setAppend(boolean append) {
+        this.append = append;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new VoiceInputAssistant-instance simply for checking the availability of the
      * RecognizerService. This is used for Preferences-Screens that dont want to provide
@@ -156,11 +162,13 @@ public class VoiceInputAssistant {
                 // make sure we only do this if there is SomeThing (tm) returned
                 if (match != null && match.size() > 0 && match.get(0).length() > 0) {
                     String recognizedSpeech = match.get(0);
-                    if(recognizedSpeech.length() > 0)
-                        recognizedSpeech = recognizedSpeech.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() +
-                            recognizedSpeech.substring(1).toLowerCase();
+                    recognizedSpeech = recognizedSpeech.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() +
+                        recognizedSpeech.substring(1).toLowerCase();
 
-                    textField.setText(recognizedSpeech);
+                    if(append)
+                        textField.setText((textField.getText() + " " + recognizedSpeech).trim());
+                    else
+                        textField.setText(recognizedSpeech);
                 }
             }
         }