Comments on: Recording phone calls: For reporters

By: Diana Landau

Diana Landau — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:47:45 +0000

I’d love updates on some of these tips. I’d like to ditch my cassette recorders and record from office phone directly onto my iMac, but it doesn’t seem possible. Already have a Radio Shack controller (old one). Also, does iPhone4 work well for on-the-road interviews, and is PhoneTap still the best app? Thinking of upgrading my mobile. Thanks!

By: James

James — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:15:44 +0000

I rely on recording phone calls for my work but I hate having to drag around recording equipment when I’m on the beat. The PhoneTap app on my iPhone lets me record calls on the go and I think it will replace my trusty Olympus recorder.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:31:07 +0000

For recording my phone interviews I MiaRec Solo software. http://www.miarec.com/products/miarec-solo
I use it with my Vonage. It works great. It is a little bit costly comparing to other programs, but I think it is worth it. It looks to me very professional and is really helpful in my work (no more problems with microphones and additional devices). installation took about two minutes. I hope this advice can help someone else.

By: Mindy McAdams

Mindy McAdams — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:08:12 +0000

@Joshua Hudson – Thanks for the tips! But your comment about the Zoom H2 (by Samson, actually) confuses me. Connect it to the Olympus? Huh?

By: Joshua Hudson

Joshua Hudson — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:48:05 +0000

Another suggestion is the H2 by Zoom. You can set the mic in and hook it up directly to your Olympus, computer or set it next to your speaker phone. The mics are so amazing they create excellent audio for an inexpensive price.

By: Joshua Hudson

Joshua Hudson — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:45:39 +0000

The Olympus Mini Tele-Recording Device is brilliant. Not everyone can be sitting on a computer or a land line when they get a call from a potential interview. The mic and earphone allow you to have a phone conversation on a cell, land-line or computer.

The only trick is knowing how to hold your phone so you don’t sound muffled in the conversation, but the voice on the phone is always crystal clear and beautiful.

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By: cathryn

cathryn — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:28:03 +0000

I’d like a little more clarity here re the the iPhone and recording. I do not have a landline in my office — thus, all my calls are made and taken on the iPhone. However, I have yet to find a recorder that works with the iPhone. I need to record interviews of an hour or more, and upload them to my Mac.

I’d be happy to use Skype in the office, but I am not sure what kind of audio file Skype generates, whether it can be stored on the Mac, and how it might be shared — ie, sent to an editor as a fact-checking device.

I appreciate any help I can get here — before I break down and put a landline into my office. Ugh.

Cathryn

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By: Dave Bullard

Dave Bullard — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:00:31 +0000

I would add that I think the quality issue would be more apparent on video calls than on audio calls because of the high amount of bandwidth needed for video.