One slight correction. Recording of phone calls is not illegal. I've
been on many a conference call, where it's announced the call is being
recorded and anyone who doesn't want to therefore participate is free to
drop from the call. Also, next time you call a customer service number,
I'll be surprised if you don't get the message that the call may be
recorded for quality purposes. What is illegal in some places is the
recording of a call where one or both parties is not aware the call is
being recorded. This is why some applications/devices used to record
calls introduces a beep to let all of the parties know the call is being
recorded. Check out the section on the US, or other countries, in this
Wikipedia article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_recording_laws#United_States
I am not sure why Apple doesn't allow for the recording of phone
conversations, but it may very well be to make it harder for people to
participate in illegal activities.
On 01/26/2014 11:24 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Hi Charlene,
Since recording phone calls is illegal in many juristictions, Apple does
not allow it on the iPhone. Now, there are apps which claim they can do
this and I’m sure some of them can, but pretty much all of them that I
have seen require you to sign up with them (often they are not free) and
you then have to place what basically is a 3-way call with the third
call going to their servers where the call is then recorded. In other
words, you call their server, then you call your number and you merge
the calls and it gets recorded this way. If somebody calls you you would
have to open the app and ask the caller to hold a moment while you
establish the recording session.
A much easier way to record phone calls is to use an app like Acrobits
or Groundwire (which is also from Acrobits). Groundwire is what they
call their “business caliber SIP client” and it costs $9.99. The regular
Acrobits app is I think $5.99. Both have a Record button. Of course you
then have to sign up for a VoIP service somewhere, this is easy for
making calls since all you have to do is sign up with a company like
www.VoipStunt.com <http://www.VoipStunt.com>, www.VoipBuster.com
<http://www.VoipBuster.com>, www.VoipCheap.com
<http://www.VoipCheap.com> etc. There are literally dozens of them, I
use Voip Stunt, but most of them are similar. Voip Stunt requires you to
buy a credit, usually 10 Euros (they are a European company) and then
you get 120 days of free calls in North America and to about 40 or so
other countries. After that your calls are billed at about 1 Euro Cent a
minute.
If you also want to be able to receive calls via VoIP, you have to sign
up for an inbound number from a company like www.Flynumber.com
<http://www.Flynumber.com> and once again there are others out there. My
inbound phone number from Flynumber is $2.95 US a month and this
includes unlimited incoming minutes.
Alternatively, if you just need to record the occasional call, just put
your iPhone in speakerphone mode and use a separate tape or digital
recorder to record the calls by placing it next to your iPhone. I think
that’s a lot less complicated and it works just fine.
Regards,
Sieghard
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