My smartphone is running Windows Mobile 5.0. Is there a way to make
the Voice Recorder program (not Voice Notes) play back my recordings
through the regular speaker by my ear, instead of via speakerphone
where everyone can hear it?

Thank you,

Ely

short answer... if you have a headset plugged into the device and it
still plays via the speaker, probably not.

The different oem's use different approaches to phone vs os audio and
while the norm is that a plugged in headset redirects all sound, it's
not the rule.

if bluetooth, I'm clueless other that to note that there has been a lot
of discussion along with several hacks to output os audio to the bt stack.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]