[Hidden-tech] recording audio over telephone

[Ron Miller]

I'm not sure this will solve your issue or not, but I use an Olympus  
WMS-300 to record my phone interviews. I simply place it on the desk  
and it has stereo mics that pick up even low-volume conversations  
quite well.

It creates Windows Media files (which also play in QuickTime on the  
Mac) and what I love is it has a built-in USB connector, so it  
connects to your computer for easy file transfer without worrying  
about a cord.

It goes for around $100 at Staples.

Whether it gives you the broadcast quality you need I can't say, but  
I could certainly see using it for embedding recordings into a blog  
entry or something like that if I needed to.

Ron

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On Mar 12, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Jeff Rutherford wrote:

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> Janet,
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> I'm not sure what Rikk uses to record Skype. But there's a program  
> called Skype Recorder which is pretty cheap - $10 or $20 bucks, and  
> it will record your Skype calls for you. Then, after the call, you  
> can break the file into two files for each person, so that you can  
> adjust each person's volume level.
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> On Mar 12, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Rikk Desgres wrote:
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>> Janet,
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>> I record telephone interviews through Skype. The sound is as good  
>> as the other person’s mic.
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>> on 3/7/08 7:43 AM, Janet Kaplan-Bucciarelli at  
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>>> Hello HTer's,
>>> I am interested in gathering audio stories from people around the  
>>> country (and world) and wonder if anyone of you knows about  
>>> recording audio over phone lines? My phone service records in 8  
>>> bit, which is not acceptable. Or do you have other ideas about  
>>> ways to do this? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Janet
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