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| We've been doing interviews with famous
photographers for Shutterbug Magazine ever since our
Jay Maisel
interview in 2001. Being a tech person, I used the equipment that
recorded our telephone interviews and then had to do the transcriptions
myself, which sometimes took up to six weeks fitting it in with all the
other work I was doing. At some point I realized that it was a tremendous
waste of my time and for a reasonable fee (sometimes upwards of $150) I
could have the first draft of the interview transcribed into a Word
document. The first time I tried converting an audio cassette into an MP3
file, I set up my tape player and iRiver MP3 player in a quiet room so the
built in microphone of MP3 player could record the voice recording. The
result was a recording that I was charged extra for because of the poor
sound quality. In doing some research, I purchased a few devices that lets
me record high quality mp3 audio from telephone conversations. |
| I use the
Edirol R-09 audio recorder. It's designed to record high quality
MP3 audio files of live music. I use Radio Shack part number
17-855 (pictured below but no longer available) Wireless Phone Recording Controller ($25) to connect the
headphone jack from either my desk phone or cell phone to the recorder.
And I connect my telephone headset to the input jack on the wireless phone
recording controller. |
Update November 2011
The Radio Shack Wireless Phone Recording Controller is no longer
available. Fortunately I do have a backup unopened one because I learned
long ago to purchase backups of things that work well.
I recently came across something similar to the Radio Shack discontinued
part. They also have one with a 3.5mm plug. |
Recording calls with the iPhone 4S
I recently purchased an iPhone 4S and am finding that the incoming voice
is distorted no matter how I set the recorder. If I can't figure out a way
to record both sides of the conversation at an equal non distorted volume,
I'm going to try the
CallMynah bluetooth recorder. They have a new version coming out
the end of November 2011 that works with the iPhone with IOS5 |
| Meanwhile, if anyone has figured out a way
to record telephone calls with the iPhone 4S,
please contact me. |
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Radio Shack 17-855
no longer available |
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