Record Conversations on a Smartphone

[tvalentin]

Does anybody know if there is an application that can record a voice conversation.

I remmber there was an application for my Sony Errocson t68 that could record conversations with options for recording, just your voice, just their voice or both.

I would mainly like this so i can make a copy of some voicemail messages on my phone. It would be even better if they could somehow be synced into Outlook.

Anybody any ideas?

Thanks

Tom

[Kris Kumar]

All Smartphones have built in voice recorder app. But you cannot sync them to desktop.

If you voice note a lot, then you should give John Cody's Vnotes a try..
http://www.smartphone.net/smartphonethoughts/search.asp?keyword=vnotes

I think Vnote cannot sync, but it can store the notes to a storage card folder.

[tvalentin]

Thanks Kris,

Looks like a good program, certainly worth a closer look. What I really need is a program that can record conversations. E.g record what is coming out of the phones speaker. This way I could archive some of my voicemail messages.

Is there a program that can do this?

Thanks again

Tom

[Kris Kumar]

Thanks Kris,

Looks like a good program, certainly worth a closer look. What I really need is a program that can record conversations. E.g record what is coming out of the phones speaker. This way I could archive some of my voicemail messages.

Is there a program that can do this?

Thanks again

Tom

I haven't heard of one. And it does sound like a useful function. I wonder why no one has developed an app for it.

[David McNamee]

Is there a program that can do this?

Not to my knowledge. I don't expect to ever see one, either. There are too many legal issues surrounding the recording of telephone conversations. I certainly wouldn't want to be a carrier or a device manufacturer and see the looks on the faces of my company's lawyers when they found out I was shipping a product that could record phone calls.

[encece]

I know it's a cheesy alternative but if you have an e200 you can record a movie while the phone is on speakerphone and it records pretty well. It does also record when the phone is not on speakerphone but the callers voice is very very low.

[mbranscum]

Is there a program that can do this?

Not to my knowledge. I don't expect to ever see one, either. There are too many legal issues surrounding the recording of telephone conversations. I certainly wouldn't want to be a carrier or a device manufacturer and see the looks on the faces of my company's lawyers when they found out I was shipping a product that could record phone calls.

You don't know what you're talking about. There are 3 or 4 very good programs like this for Symbian OS...I use one on my Nokia 6620 and it is very functional. Give the MS OS a little time and someone will come up with this type of application.

[encece]

You don't know what you're talking about.
Nice and civil....

[algorhythm]

This has been a long-standing issue for me. I'm a writer and frequently need to record telephone interviews. As to the legal issues, there's nothing illegal about recording a conversation if the other party consents to it....it's not illegal to record, but it's illegal to try and use that recording in court or to otherwise bust someone.

I've used a lot of methods to record stuff....you can get a very simple interface from Radio Shack that plugs in to the handsfree jack, and has mini-connectors for the handsfree and for a recording device. Works fine. I've also used the relatively primitive method of just turning on the speakerphone, putting my recorder on the desk next to it (not too close or it'll pick up RF interference), and recording via the contact mic.

I've also tried using BT via the audio gateway, but I've never been able to get that to work right.

[ChemNerd]

It is NOT illegal to record phone conversations people. In most states it does require the permission of both parties to do so, but it can be done. In some states you only need one person's consent to record the conversation.

There are a lot of phones with this capability so I am honestly suprised there isn't one for smartphones - and actually disapointed. I'll hope that there will be some along the way because it is a little odd that a phone so easily expandable would not have features that some of my own phones have had.

[algorhythm]

Yes, there are several phones with record capability....my old SE T616 can do it. Problem is, most of them don't have that much memory, so you can't record more than 5 or 10 minutes. And most of them record to a proprietary format, so you can't just dump it to an MP3 file.

I agree....I'm waiting (im)patiently for a solution.

[joeonsunset]

Alas, still searching for a conversation-recording app for the smartphone. I'm still shocked that it's not built into the OS... but then again, I guess it makes the list of other overlooked features, like, you know... photo CID. Sigh.

[algorhythm]

My SP3 has photo caller ID....

[John Cody]

From what I have heard, the audio of a telephone conversation (over the radio) is not physically routed through the windows OS in MS Smartphones 2002 2003/SE, so it is impossible for *any* software to access that audio stream and record it.

However, as previously mentioned, you could use a smartphones' headset jack as an audio input jack and record audio from an external source, such as from a telephone audio coupler device to record a telephone conversation on a land line call.

[mbranscum]

It's true...I too have heard a MS Tech say that it's not possible due to the software design. You'll have to go to Symbian and there you'll find some excellent apps!

You did it again MS! Thanks alot. :roll:

[John Cody]

It's true...I too have heard a MS Tech say that it's not possible due to the software design. You'll have to go to Symbian and there you'll find some excellent apps!

You did it again MS! Thanks alot. :roll:

If my info is correct (that the audio to/from the radio section is not pysically connected to the OS), then it's not MS's fault, it is the hardware equipment manufacturer's fault.

[mbranscum]

It's true...I too have heard a MS Tech say that it's not possible due to the software design. You'll have to go to Symbian and there you'll find some excellent apps!

You did it again MS! Thanks alot. :roll:

If my info is correct (that the audio to/from the radio section is not pysically connected to the OS), then it's not MS's fault, it is the hardware equipment manufacturer's fault.

I don't know personally. The tech stated that it was an OS limitation.

[joeonsunset]

[quote=mbranscum]
If my info is correct (that the audio to/from the radio section is not pysically connected to the OS), then it's not MS's fault, it is the hardware equipment manufacturer's fault.

Well, if that's common to every Windows Smartphone '03, then it's atleast the SPECs fault, and I imagine MS had a hand in making the spec.