Yes, Apple added this after reports came out that apps could activate the mic in iOS and Android phones without the user's knowledge or permission.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 6 Feb 2014, at 9:03, Chris H <[email protected]> wrote: > > Recent versions of apps now require permission to use the microphone. If > Dropvox asks you for this you must allow it by tapping the ok button. > > Regards Chris > >> On 05/02/2014 19:52, Neal Ewers wrote: >> Interesting. I cannot get DropVox to recognize the internal iPhone 5 >> microphone. I have used this before, but I do not know why now there is no >> sound from the microphone when I am recording. I have looked in settings and >> don’t see anything that might make a difference. >> >> >> >> It does record softly and I was going to play and see where the meters were >> actually going, but no luck if I can’t get it to see the microphone. >> >> >> >> Neal >> >> >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Michael Malver >> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 12:30 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Using an iPhone as a recording device >> >> >> >> For some reason, my Olympus m4 temporarily stopped working. As a result, I >> decided to buy dropvox as I’d heard good things about it. Primarily, I am >> using it to record lectures in a classroom. I had 2 issues come up. >> >> a. The recording seemed amazingly quiet. Using goldwave, I had to >> increase the volume approximately six times before I got something that >> sounded like what the Olympus records on its own. Would a different mike >> make the recordings on the iPhone work with less processing? If so, what >> mike would be portable and easy to set up? >> >> b. When I started recording, I shut off VoiceOver, then locked the >> phone. AN hour later, I unlocked the phone, used triple click, but it >> seemed VoiceOver wouldn’t come back up. When I listened to the recording, I >> heard VoiceOver being activated even though I didn’t hear it through the >> headphones I was using. Has anyone else experienced this? >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> >> >> Michael >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
