Guest Simon Desser Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Pocco Software have today released "Echo Voice Recorder" (originally mentioned by Brody/MS Mobiles as Ella Voice Recorder) It is available to try/buy here The sales pitch:- Let our proven Windows Mobile audio technology shine within the Microsoft Smartphone environment. Chances are that you must go to this all important meeting without your laptop and without your Pocket PC device. Not to worry if you still have your Microsoft Smartphone with you... Echo (code name Ella) has all the standard features expected from dedicated dictation device for only a fraction of the price. Just having a regular cell-phone with sophisticated recording device makes your purchase worthwhile. But there is more...Imagine you have a fully programmable phone answering machine. You are no longer limited by the answering services offered by your mobile operator if, in fact, there are any. You can combine the two solutions to address your specific needs. For example, with Echo you can configure personalized routing of your callers to various pre-recorded messages or to you directly. You can even route your boss to "If You Got the Money, Honey, I Got the Time" by Hank Williams. You'd be surprised how effective this can be...Key features:- supreme design quality industry standard wave audio file format standard GSM 6.10 speech compression PCM Modulations: PCM 8Khz 8 bit, PCM 8Khz 16 bit, PCM 11Khz 8 bit, PCM 11Khz 16 bit, PCM 22KkHz 16 Bit, mono or stereo for build in Microphone source SD card support support for fast storage cards real time signal strength indication excellent technical support lifetime upgrade plan corrupt audio file auto detection Audio Folder Management The link on Pocco's site goes to Handango, and calls it "Yoho Voice Recorder" at $15.49. But here on Handango, it's "Echo Voice Recorder" at $25.99 :?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yoos Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 I would like to try this, but the trial link doesn't work?? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hk Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Hmm this might help that dude that wanted to record his lectures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Hmm this might help that dude that wanted to record his lectures... Yeah, I sent him a link ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest john newhouse Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 i was interested in this aswell and i also could not get the 'try it' link to work. the page does state however that the BETA version is not available for download at this time. i did send them an e-mail to find out when it would be available, as this would be very usefull for me aswell. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 i was interested in this aswell and i also could not get the 'try it' link to work. the page does state however that the BETA version is not available for download at this time. i did send them an e-mail to find out when it would be available, as this would be very usefull for me aswell. ;) It's a bit weird :? If you try to buy from Pocco's site it sends you to Handango, but calls it Yoho Voice Recorder, but it does let you "add it to cart", I don't know if it's the same thing or not, 'cos it's quite a lot cheaper :?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idavid Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 sorry. am finding it a bit hard to understand what this does. 1: it can record voice memos directly to a SD card 2: make a new answer phone message :? :?: :roll: 3:?? anyone else understand this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yoos Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Plus, it doesn't even show up when I search Handango with any of the words: Pocco, Echo, Voice, Recorder? I don't really even understand how to search and be able to view all smartphone software on Handango?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 sorry. am finding it a bit hard to understand what this does. 1: it can record voice memos directly to a SD card 2: make a new answer phone message :? :?: :roll: 3:?? anyone else understand this? From what I can gather, it CAN record directly to SD cards (useful for not filling up the phone) It has various PCM wav settings, and can use GSM 6.10 compression (useful for very long recordings - they reckon typically 20 hours) It has a real time signal meter, so you can see how loud or quiet your recording is, and move the phone nearer or further away from the source. The answer phone function, I assume means that, you can go in a meeting, turn on the answer machine with your recorded message, put your phone on vibrate, if your phone rings, you can answer it if important, or let the answer phone kick in. The advantage of this is that your phone is not off/out of range like the network's answer machine, and there's no cost to retrieve your messages. I had an old Sony Z5 a few years ago with this feature, and it's really quite useful ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 The Handango link at the bottom of the first post, NOW has a "Trial" and "Buy" link ;) Posted from my SmartPhone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ravis Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 I managed to download the "Echo" version off Handango. Neat little program and certainly useful for making long recordings (eg: meetings / classes / etc). But heck if I can't find this phone answering feature. Sounds really cool but the version I have installed looks to be a voice recorder only (tho a cool one at that). Am I missing something? BTW: Their site appears to be down at the moment - haven't been able to get in to see the other (cheaper?) version to compare... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shuflie Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Yoho Voice Recorder is on handango, the only problem is that it is for PocketPC not Smartphone. Which is a bit of a problem because if you click on the link to buy Echo voice recorder software on Poccosoftware's web site it links you to Yoho on handango. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Desser Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Yeah, I can't find the answer phone function, the rest of it seems quite cool though. I like being able to set the bit rates, and also saving the files to SD card. But it's a bit expensive without the answer machine function - maybe it's included in the full version? Posted from my SmartPhone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idavid Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 cant make it record for more than ten seconds. this actually a pretty useful thing! but very expensive for what it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ravis Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Yeah, I can't find the answer phone function - maybe it's included in the full version? Maybe it's part of the beta download which according to their site isn't available yet? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ravis Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 cant make it record for more than ten seconds I believe that's a restriction of the trial version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idavid Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 I believe that's a restriction of the trial version. yeah, i know but it said it would work for fifteen minutes, and as soon as i started it 'Echo Trial Left: 00 min'! :? :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 I cant get to the trial app, and the Handango link says "currently unavailable, buy something else" (maybe they're out of stock ;) ) Has anybody found the Answerphone thingy yet? That's the bit I want, and if it aint there I wont bother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ravis Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Has anybody found the Answerphone thingy yet? That's the bit I want, and if it aint there I wont bother! So far as I can see it doesn't exist. That and the other weird things on the page ("no downloads avail" but a link to a trial and the buy link pointing to a different piece of pocketpc software) make me think that perhaps the person who wrote that bit was on crack... or it's a future feature or something... Did some playing with it and unfortunatly this software won't record both sides of a phone conversation which is something my very old motorola did and was very useful when (eg) someone is giving you directions and you're driving. It'll record your voice during a call (which is better than the built in recorder app) but not the other end. And you can't play back what you've recorded while in a call (another feature that could be useful). I could see this proggy being useful in certain situations, but it's (IMO) not currently worth the $25 they want for it... Maybe for $9.99.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yoos Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 I can't remove this from my phone?? Any ideas??? It says "Pocco Software Echo could not be removed from your phone." I installed it on my storage card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blewer Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Trial download seems to work fine now. See link on first post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Myke Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 did he say that if a certain person calls they would get a custom voicemail message? because that would be incredible. too bad it seems like noones got this working yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vijay555 Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 I've written to the firm: I think this is a great app, and i actually considered buying it, but even with a Modaco Plus discount it adds up to £18. Too much! :cry: The equivalent software for the PocketPC, with AVS and other lovely features is only $15. I question why they would charge more for less... it's a good program, and i want it, but i want to start a bit of noise first and ask Poco/Pocco to reduce the price, or at least line Paul's palm with silver so that us M+ users can get a discount... As someone else said, you can get IAlbum for $19. That's an intensive and very well featured program. It's questionable whether Echo has more than $15 worth of features, yes/no? V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idavid Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 wholeheartedly agree. i would buy this in a shot if it was at 15 bucks. but like you said, at 25 dollars, its too much. simply because there is no competition for it (yet) is no reason to charge over the odds. also annoying that you cannot delete the trial from your phone! :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Dont know if its already been said here or not, but Pocco have replied to an email I sent saying that the answerphone functions are planned for the Smartphone, but dont exist yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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