Application to Record Voice Calls

[Guest PayableOnDeath]

I will put 10 Pound in the pot if someone gets one working

I will also post this round see if any developers are insterested

[Guest nielsbothof]

depending how good the functionality is, and if it is stable: 20-50$ from me.

[Guest archae79ad]

I am in for $75US, as long as it works. I am no coder, am paranoid though, and have been waiting on a phone with the functionality for quite some time. People think twice about lying to you if they know that their call is being recorded, which they have to acknowledge before start of the call (the law in the state that I live in). My opinion is that it is not easy for it is potentially bad for business, if everyone started answering their phones with "Hello, this call is being recorded..." There again, not everyone is like me.

Cheers

[Guest marktwain]

Here's how phone calls can be recorded, for those who really, really need it.

In speakerphone mode (activated in the SPV C500 by pressing the green reply button and holding it pressed during a phone call), you can hear the other person loud.

If you are desperate enough, you buy another, cheaper smartphone and record the conversation there, using voice recorder or vnotes.

Alternatively, you buy any cheap mobile that supports a speakerphone mode, and record on your original, highly specified smartphone.

Mark.

[Guest Wlodek]

Frankly, even if I am desperate I won't be buying another phone.

There are other options. One of them is a Bluetooth mp3 player, which will mute the music when there is an incoming call or you want to make a call. It will record calls with mp3 compression. There is quite a selection of them on the market and its growing. I found a Xlive 256 MB Bluetooth player on eBay and it does work.

Admittedly the Jabra BT250 looked better and was lighter, but it would not record. It would also not play mp3s, obviously. For its sins (size matters!) it has been washed at 40 degrees with double rinse and it survived it well, but it did not survive a hot wash cycle a few weeks later. Its problem was the diminutive size and weight ... don't laugh and take your headsets out of the shirt pockets before you put them in the washing basket. I know it is off-topic, but I think it is an educational story.

Quite seriously, the XLive works very well.

All thye best,

W.

[Guest Raven001]

Thanks to everyone for keeping this thread alive.. and thanks to everyone who "put their money where their mouth is" and added to the pot.

I remain hopeful that, if the Modaco community can find a way to - for example - unlock cell phones, a voice recorder shouldn't be impossible!

For the record, in computing the new total, here is what I added:

archae79ad - $75 USD

nielsbothof - $20 USD (had to round down, let me know if you'd like this higher)

Wlodek - $20 USD

payableondeath - 10 pounds (approx $20 USD)

Thanks, guys!

[Guest chucky.egg]

I remain hopeful ... a voice recorder shouldn't be impossible!

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;)

I remain pessimistic!

Seriously, apart from us dolts putting up cash has anyone shown any interest, let alone come up with an idea of how it could work?

[Guest Raven001]

I think of it like this: if the pot was a million dollars, you can be damn well sure that the best brains in the business would be working on this non-stop and we'd have a solution sooner or later.

With $0 incentive, there's little chance of a developer picking up this niche project.

We've got to find a happy, (affordable) medium between $0 and $1,000,000 to encourage development.

Also: for the people quoting Microsoft saying that recording calls is impossible.. don't you think that they'd have said the exact same thing for phone unlocking?!

[Guest chucky.egg]

Er, not the same thing!

The difference was that enough people complained about it, and it seriously undermined the concept of a smartphone.

Neither of those 2 applies here imo

So even if it is technically possible, this doesn't have enough support to bring about a change in stance from MS.

[Guest Rampe]

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[Guest Alex_le_brit]

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Ok I didn't write the software, and it only seems to run on Win 2002/2003 and not on 2003SE, but I didn't find out it was managing to record both sides of the conversation, so where's my money ;)

Or maybe if you offer NetDictate the money collected so far, they'd port it to 2003SE?

Edited April 26, 2005 by Alex_le_brit

[Guest chucky.egg]

Or maybe if you offer NetDictate the money collected so far, they'd port it to 2003SE?

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TBH I'd be up for that

So far though, no working version... no money!

[Guest extravagant]

TBH I'd be up for that

So far though, no working version... no money!

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Well guys, I hope we can resolve this issue. It sometimes can be useful to record conversations.. I guess we'll just wait and see!

[Guest looeee]

I thought that all you had to do was to go to the camera and record a vid and it captured the phone call

[Guest Raven001]

Wow, this is a good sign! I'm hopeful! ;)

[Guest slk200c]

Someone here wrote about the Xlive xbm bluetooth headset.

I have actually bought this and it does indeed record conversations as well as radio stations. The problem however is that it does not communicate well with the C500 and I keep missing calls. Has anybody else bought this product?

[Guest Frizzante]

hmm,

very interesting idea to record incoming & outgoing voice.

Maybe - of course that's not the original idea - would it be possible to capture both audio streams/channels at the receiving side, i.e. the headset?

This would of course be another device, being a headset with recording function.

Give it some memory, and after the phonecall the "recorded call" is sent via BT from rec-headset to phone.

It's NOT a recording inside the smartphone and involves designing hard & software, but it may provide a new directon of thought?

kr

frizzante

[Guest Lilou23]

Hello everybody,

I'm a beginner and I am trying to develop an application where the incoming audio during a conversation will be processed to animate an avatar.

Do anyone know if it possible to access to the incoming voice????

Thank you for help : if during my researches I have an answer to your recording issue I will be glad to share it with you.

[Guest neptronix]

Hi guys. New to this posting stuff. But I did find an application that allows for recording of calls, and it captures both sides. Its pretty basic, but it does work, and works well, allowing you to choose Storage card as well and change recording format. Not sure if I can mention names on a post here, but if someone lets me know if its ok (new to this) I will.

I am using this software on an SMT5600, and it works great.

[Guest Seraphic]

Hi guys. New to this posting stuff.  But I did find an application that allows for recording of calls, and it captures both sides.  Its pretty basic, but it does work, and works well, allowing you to choose Storage card as well and change recording format.  Not sure if I can mention names on a post here, but if someone lets me know if its ok (new to this) I will.

I am using this software on an SMT5600, and it works great.

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Don't see it being a problem... what is it?

[Guest chucky.egg]

Yeah, you can post the name of the app

If it's on a Warez or P2P system you cant post that info, but if you have a link to the manufacturer/supplier you can post that.

[Guest Raven001]

Yes, please give us the name! ;)

[Guest Arbait]

maybee is no app at all!

bad joke, imho ;)

[Guest Lilou23]

maybee is no app at all!

bad joke, imho ;)

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I found many Symbian OS based recording conversation apps. But no for Microsoft mobile ones.

The answer I had from a specialist was that the GSM flow was treated seperatly by a special processor ==> no recording possible...

There are applications based on MS mobile that treat voice but just the microphone entry (the user's voice).

:cry: no way to find an answer...

[Guest thuginme]

No it's not a jok, what neptronix is talking about, for recording, is app called Echo.

I didn't get it to work, but hey u can try that one.

Im out