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Skype users - can you record your calls and save them as audio files on the computer?
Cablevision just screwed up my phone service in a HUGE way, and I'm considering giving up the land line altogether and just using my cell for everything. The only reason we need a land line is for DH to record phone interviews from home, and I'm wondering if Skype might be a possible solution.
Why not buy a digital recorder that plugs into your cell?
Why not buy a digital recorder that plugs into your cell?
Can you link to examples?
So, the proliferation of remotes around the house, plus S's general tech-shyness, has me about ready to drive out to Best Buy and pick up a Logitech Harmony 550
I know ND had one of the more expensive Harmonys, but returned it because it wasn't working reliably with his off-brand TV.
Anybody else use on of these or its cousins and have good/bad stuff to say about it?
Jessica: FAQWife used something like this to record an interview she did for a Boston Globe article last year. If the hubby just needs it to transcribe things, and/or as a memory aid, it should work fine. If the audio is going to be used publicly (like for radio), he\'ll need something fancier.
t edit I forgot -- you\'ll also need a little amp that boosts the audio out from the cell headphone jack to the recorder. Radio Shack has those too, but I can\'t find it online at the moment.
The problem with the Olympus recorders is they're not Mac-compatible. I found a few wiretaps with 2.5mm jacks that might work, though. Thanks!
Cell phone question: My POS RAZR phone likes to pretend it doesn't have a battery. It seems like if I taped the battery down inside the case, that would help. (There's some "give" when the battery is in place, and I'm guessing it can move far enough that the little electrodes or whatever aren't touching.) Am I crazy? Should I just put down the duct tape?
The battery contact things are probably corroded.
In more Daylight Saving Time stuff....
Our phone system here is an automated menu thingie... it reset its time correctly by itself, as did our fax. I'm thinking that the time must be sent over the phone line, but my boss (who worked in the telecommunications industry years ago) doesn't thing that would happen.
But somehow these two devices knew to reset themselves, and neither is connected to the internet.
Our office's DST snafu for today was that only the XP machines updated the time change correctly -- the people still running Windows2000 are all an hour behind. Fun!