Broken screen, need to recover voicenotes

Hello everyone,

I have a 7th gen ipod touch - consider it a very small ipad or consider it an iphone without phone service.

My screen is broken and I cannot put in my passcode, I've taken it to an Apple store to ask about service and as far as the hardware I would have to turn this one in to receive a replacement.

The problem is I have voicenotes of lectures that have not been backed up - Usually these are backed up when I connect to a laptop thru usb but this is not something I do regularly since I seldomly open itunes from my laptop.

What are my options? is there any way to gain access if I cant input my passcode so it can download automatically onto my laptop.

Is there a way to remotely access the voicenotes folder without the passcode?

When I go to my icloud account online all I am able to retrieve are pictures and videos, but no voicenotes.