My children have several Build-A-Bear stuffed animals that have devices in them that used to record but don't any longer. There is no way to access them. They are devices we bought at Build-a-Bear and recoded "I love you" or something like that, some came with pre-recorded sayings, they were sewn in when they sewed the stuffed animal up and since the batteries died I haven't had the time to pull the stitches, change the batteries and re-sew them. Could this be a Build-A-Bear? (they have all sorts of characters)
If it was a doll, I've seen some where you squeeze the hard tummy where the device is located and it makes crying sounds and they also had no access to change batteries.
I do agree that you should look up recording devices though. My curiosity would have been to great and I would have opened the darn thing if I were suspicious. If I would have found it to be a recording device I would have done as Blackcat said and recorded my termination speech and then I would have put the doll back together so they were none the wiser.
If you checked the doll thoroughly and didn't find a spot for a USB hookup I would say it's probably not a recording device as they have to have some way to get the information off of the device and for items that are pricey like this manufacturers are not going to require tearing open the doll.
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