Recording Phone calls, was: I recorded A Call With List Recorder
Hello, I had a look at your 2 app suggestions, Call Recorder - phone calls recorder by William Wood and TapeACall Lite - Record Calls by Epic Enterprises. Here are my thoughts: First, Apple does not allow the recording of phone calls because in many jurisdictions it is illegal to do that. Now, the fact that List Recorder and there are a few other apps that can do this, can record a call that is in progress on the speakerphone is a fluke and if Apple was told about it they would pull these apps until the developers would disable this capability. As for the 2 apps you mentioned: Call Recorder is a VoIP app and that changes the game. Just about any VoIP app I know of has a recording function. This means you can make calls with the app via VoIP and record these calls. While I didn't see it in the app description, I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was some sort of notification or beep after you start recording, but the fact is that this would not work for incoming calls since there is no mention that the Call Recorder VoIP service provides an inbound number. I also didn't take a look at their rates, but they do state that after whatever trial credit they give you, you have to buy minutes from them and of course you have to place your call via WiFi or 3G/KLTE, the latter will use up cellular data. Tape A Call is like any other call recorder app out there, it records calls using a server and 3-way calling. Here is what it says in the app description: How does this app record calls? When you're on a call and you want to record it, open TapeACall and press the record button. We will put your call on hold and dial our recording line. As soon as our line answers tap the merge button on your screen to create a 3 way call between your other caller and our recording line. If you want to record an outgoing call, just press the record button. The app will dial our recording line and will begin recording as soon as our line answers. Once that happens, tap the add call button on your screen, call the person you want to record, then press the merge button when they answer. The say we will dial our recording line which means you are possibly dialing a long distance number. Most of such services require a subscription. Tape a Call says that with their Pro app which is $10 you do not have to pay any subscriptions which I guess could be a good thing if you really need to frequently record calls, but it's not a smooth process, i.e. if you receive a call and want to record it, you will have to let the other person know, bring up the app, tap on Record and wait for the app to dial the recording line/server, then merge the calls which requires that you have 3-way calling as a feature from your provider. Best regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of AppleGourmet Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I recorded A Call With List Recorder I think I found another application which probably works much better! It's called Tape A Call https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tapeacall-lite-record-calls/id573751328?mt=8 This app is free however the Pro version is ten bucks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Recording Phone calls, was: I recorded A Call With List Recorder
Hi. If I may add to what Sieghard has said, those call-recording solutions which use three-way calling are not usually worth the money. Keep in mind that you can set up such a system with nothing more than a small amount of technical knowledge and a cheap Skype or VOIP number. This allows you to keep the call recordings under your own control on your own systems. It also allows you to act on the recordings, that is, to have them emailed when done, to have them posted to a site or cloud storage service, to have links SMSed to them, etc. Finally, it allows you to dispense with notifications if your jurisdiction is one where notifications of recording are not legally required. It may also be worth noting that you can set up a VOIP pBX so that every call you make or receive is recorded, whether in or out. I hope that's of use. Aman On 2013-07-28, at 3:46 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hello, I had a look at your 2 app suggestions, Call Recorder - phone calls recorder by William Wood and TapeACall Lite - Record Calls by Epic Enterprises. Here are my thoughts: First, Apple does not allow the recording of phone calls because in many jurisdictions it is illegal to do that. Now, the fact that List Recorder and there are a few other apps that can do this, can record a call that is in progress on the speakerphone is a fluke and if Apple was told about it they would pull these apps until the developers would disable this capability. As for the 2 apps you mentioned: Call Recorder is a VoIP app and that changes the game. Just about any VoIP app I know of has a recording function. This means you can make calls with the app via VoIP and record these calls. While I didn't see it in the app description, I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was some sort of notification or beep after you start recording, but the fact is that this would not work for incoming calls since there is no mention that the Call Recorder VoIP service provides an inbound number. I also didn't take a look at their rates, but they do state that after whatever trial credit they give you, you have to buy minutes from them and of course you have to place your call via WiFi or 3G/KLTE, the latter will use up cellular data. Tape A Call is like any other call recorder app out there, it records calls using a server and 3-way calling. Here is what it says in the app description: How does this app record calls? When you're on a call and you want to record it, open TapeACall and press the record button. We will put your call on hold and dial our recording line. As soon as our line answers tap the merge button on your screen to create a 3 way call between your other caller and our recording line. If you want to record an outgoing call, just press the record button. The app will dial our recording line and will begin recording as soon as our line answers. Once that happens, tap the add call button on your screen, call the person you want to record, then press the merge button when they answer. The say we will dial our recording line which means you are possibly dialing a long distance number. Most of such services require a subscription. Tape a Call says that with their Pro app which is $10 you do not have to pay any subscriptions which I guess could be a good thing if you really need to frequently record calls, but it's not a smooth process, i.e. if you receive a call and want to record it, you will have to let the other person know, bring up the app, tap on Record and wait for the app to dial the recording line/server, then merge the calls which requires that you have 3-way calling as a feature from your provider. Best regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of AppleGourmet Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I recorded A Call With List Recorder I think I found another application which probably works much better! It's called Tape A Call https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tapeacall-lite-record-calls/id573751328?mt=8 This app is free however the Pro version is ten bucks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For
Re: Recording Phone calls, was: I recorded A Call With List Recorder
Hi, if you don't mind sharing your knowledge, how would we go about setting these things up? I am totally new to this, and I prefer your ways and appreciate what you and Seegert said. I do not want to dial a server to record phone calls. So thank you for the information. God bless, wren PS. You can write me off list if you would like. Thank you very much. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 28, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. If I may add to what Sieghard has said, those call-recording solutions which use three-way calling are not usually worth the money. Keep in mind that you can set up such a system with nothing more than a small amount of technical knowledge and a cheap Skype or VOIP number. This allows you to keep the call recordings under your own control on your own systems. It also allows you to act on the recordings, that is, to have them emailed when done, to have them posted to a site or cloud storage service, to have links SMSed to them, etc. Finally, it allows you to dispense with notifications if your jurisdiction is one where notifications of recording are not legally required. It may also be worth noting that you can set up a VOIP pBX so that every call you make or receive is recorded, whether in or out. I hope that's of use. Aman On 2013-07-28, at 3:46 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hello, I had a look at your 2 app suggestions, Call Recorder - phone calls recorder by William Wood and TapeACall Lite - Record Calls by Epic Enterprises. Here are my thoughts: First, Apple does not allow the recording of phone calls because in many jurisdictions it is illegal to do that. Now, the fact that List Recorder and there are a few other apps that can do this, can record a call that is in progress on the speakerphone is a fluke and if Apple was told about it they would pull these apps until the developers would disable this capability. As for the 2 apps you mentioned: Call Recorder is a VoIP app and that changes the game. Just about any VoIP app I know of has a recording function. This means you can make calls with the app via VoIP and record these calls. While I didn't see it in the app description, I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was some sort of notification or beep after you start recording, but the fact is that this would not work for incoming calls since there is no mention that the Call Recorder VoIP service provides an inbound number. I also didn't take a look at their rates, but they do state that after whatever trial credit they give you, you have to buy minutes from them and of course you have to place your call via WiFi or 3G/KLTE, the latter will use up cellular data. Tape A Call is like any other call recorder app out there, it records calls using a server and 3-way calling. Here is what it says in the app description: How does this app record calls? When you're on a call and you want to record it, open TapeACall and press the record button. We will put your call on hold and dial our recording line. As soon as our line answers tap the merge button on your screen to create a 3 way call between your other caller and our recording line. If you want to record an outgoing call, just press the record button. The app will dial our recording line and will begin recording as soon as our line answers. Once that happens, tap the add call button on your screen, call the person you want to record, then press the merge button when they answer. The say we will dial our recording line which means you are possibly dialing a long distance number. Most of such services require a subscription. Tape a Call says that with their Pro app which is $10 you do not have to pay any subscriptions which I guess could be a good thing if you really need to frequently record calls, but it's not a smooth process, i.e. if you receive a call and want to record it, you will have to let the other person know, bring up the app, tap on Record and wait for the app to dial the recording line/server, then merge the calls which requires that you have 3-way calling as a feature from your provider. Best regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of AppleGourmet Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I recorded A Call With List Recorder I think I found another application which probably works much better! It's called Tape A Call https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tapeacall-lite-record-calls/id573751328?mt=8 This app is free however the Pro version is ten bucks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner
