[Hidden-tech] Telephone Recording

[michaelbix]

Another worthwhile experiment (while we are all experimenting) is to  
sign up for Adobe's Acrobat Connect.

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnect/overview/

Acrobat Connect's online-meeting "whiteboards" and multi-party  
videoconferencing can be used monthly at a very, very low rate  
(something like $15/month) with up to 14 simultaneous participants  
worldwide... which is somewhat mind-boggling... but its limited-use  
capability may fit here.

The fact is - once you have established your own free account and  
personal URL, Acrobat Connect for two or three party "phone" or  
"video" or "whiteboard" conferencing is free of charge.  It took me a  
little bit of time to take that in, and I'm shifting some of my video  
conferencing from Skype to Acrobat because the quality is better, and  
the tagged documents, shared whiteboard, and other features are much  
more professional.

I haven't fully digested all the features, but if there is a "record"  
feature for Skype (which I've never used... as I mentioned to Fred, I  
record through my Sony-Ericsson phone's own onboard "voice memo"  
function into its 16GB onboard RAM chip... then download to my Mac  
via USB cable) then there probably is a "record" function for Acrobat  
Connect.

With the capability for up to three simultaneous participants, there  
might be an advantage in heading that direction.

Michael Cerulli Billingsley
Straight Arrow Recordings
Location Recording - CD Mastering - Sound FX/Solutions
802-254-3975
The Cotton Mill, Brattleboro, Vermont

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On  18 January 10, at 10:30 AM, Edbride-PR wrote:

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> I support the SKYPE recommendation, even if your recordee (?) isn't  
> a SKYPE user.
>
> Pretty May Call Recorder is another option to record SKYPE  
> calls.The recording is foolproof (yes, even I succeeded with it). I  
> use it with speakers; each party is on a different speaker  
> (assuming just two parties, of course), so if there's an occasion  
> where you find your party interrupting or talking over your  
> question, you can balance one or the other out.
>
> Ed
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Spound
> To: Fred Levine ; hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Telephone Recording
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>
> Hi Fred,
>
> I tried several different devices that connected to my telephones  
> and none were satisfactory because my voice would be loud and the  
> other person’s voice would be soft which made listening to the  
> recordings very difficult.
>
> A solution that works great for me is to use Skype to make the  
> calls <http://www.skype.com/>. Skype software is free and calling  
> from one computer to another is also free (if your interviewees  
> will install and use Skype, too). If they won’t, you would use  
> Skype to call them on their an actual phone numbers. For this, you  
> would need to buy the “Skype Out” service which costs just a few  
> dollars per month.
>
> In order to make the recordings through Skype, you would need to  
> purchase an add-on software program called “Call Recorder” <http:// 
> www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/>. Once installed, there is a simple  
> red “record” button on screen whenever you launch Skype. Very easy  
> to use.
>
> The recording quality will be quite good, with balanced sound  
> volume between you and your interviewee. Also, even though your Mac  
> has built-in speakers and a microphone, you will get better results  
> if you  have a good headset. You can get a decent USB headset at  
> Staples for $20 - $50.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> David
>
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