Wednesday, August 19, 2009

How to record a cell phone conversation?

So you want to produce your autobiography using multimedia?

One of the excellent techniques for gathering background information on your parents is talking to you aunts, uncles, 1st and 2nd cousins, and family friends. But what if they don't live close by? Call them up on the phone; this is the 21st Century after all. But this is a multimedia production, I want to use their real voice. Ah ha. So how do I record the conversation so I can achieve good quality audio? Grand Central voice recording or a device that fits in you ear and plugs into your Olympus Digital Voice Recorder.

Here is a link to a report by Derek Semmler, on how to solve this problem: http://dereksemmler.com/2008/02/26/how-to-record-a-cellphone-conversation/

Cheers, R Allen Walker, M. Ed. Instructional Designer