Is their a free service that can record an interview over the phone?

15 years ago

Originally Posted by chrisnegro

Specifically, where you can then get the interview recorded file and then upload it to your website?

Thoughts/Opinions/Advice?

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Chris Negro

Chris

Try Skype with Pamela to record. Skype can do offline phone calls too, and very cheaply (I call US for 2 cents/ minute).

Skype official website – free download and free calls and internet calls
http://Pamela.com (I think)

Pamela is made for use with Skype.

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chrisnegro

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

Chris

Try Skype with Pamela to record. Skype can do offline phone calls too, and very cheaply (I call US for 2 cents/ minute).

Skype official website - free download and free calls and internet calls
http://Pamela.com (I think)

Pamela is made for use with Skype.

Can you record these calls?

Anybody else have any thoughts or opinions?

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Chris Negro

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Mike Hill

15 years ago

I have to agree with Kevin, Pamela is one slick program that actually works better than advertised. I recommend the Pro version as there is more functionality.

I record my interviews over Skype with it and it has amazing quality!

Not to mention all the cool sound effects you can insert on the fly, as your interview is going on (audience laughing, etc...)

Every time I mention John Reese I hit the (Boo, boo) effect... LOL

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John Taylor

15 years ago

My personal preference is Skype plus CallGraph.

John

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Peter Helps 15 years ago

Hey John,

have you ever used their transcription service? How is it? They say on the site that they transcribe at 50 cents per minute.

Peter

Originally Posted by John Taylor

My personal preference is Skype plus CallGraph.

John
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- John Taylor 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by pk80356
  
  Hey John,
  
  have you ever used their transcription service? How is it? They say on the site that they transcribe at 50 cents per minute.
  
  Peter
  
  No, not yet, I have someone who already does all my
  transcription. But I might try them out on my next
  recording.
  
  John
  
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David Neale

15 years ago

Chris here is an excellent and detailed video about using Skype and getting very high quality recordings. Pointed out by Josh Anderson in another thread here earlier.

http://ablakeforum.com/index.php/topic,1054.0.html

Originally Posted by chrisnegro

Specifically, where you can then get the interview recorded file and then upload it to your website?

Thoughts/Opinions/Advice?

Thanks guys,

Chris Negro

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chrisnegro

15 years ago

Ok Guys...here is the problem....I will be interviewing people in my local Chamber of Commerce -- they don't have skype and don't want to fuss over installing it just to do an interview.

P.S. I do have a voice recorder and notice that the resulting file is a .VOC which is RCA Voice recorder. I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO TAKE THE .VOC and make it an mp3 file.

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Chris Negro

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John Taylor

15 years ago

Originally Posted by chrisnegro

Ok Guys...here is the problem....I will be interviewing people in my local Chamber of Commerce -- they don't have skype and don't want to fuss over installing it just to do an interview.

They don't need Skype.

You simply ring their normal phone lines using Skype
and you record the interview using Callgraph or
whichever other recording add-on you choose.

John

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Christopher R Everson

15 years ago

Call graph is easy to use, and free.

I second that.

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chrisnegro

15 years ago

Just found a website that converts all files...which I think would be perfect for face to face interviews... and then I'll upload the mp3 to the page to give my client some great advertising...

Media Convert - free and on line - convert and split sound, ringtones, images, docs - MP3 WMV 3GP AMR FLV SWF AMV MOV WMA AVI MPG MP4 DivX MPEG4 iPOD PSP OGG WMA AAC MP4 MPC MMF QCP KAR MIDI REALAUDIO FLAC JPG PSD DOC PDF RTF TXT ODG ODP ODS ODT SXW

Hope this helps

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chrisnegro

15 years ago

Originally Posted by chrisnegro

Just found a website that converts all files...which I think would be perfect for face to face interviews... and then I'll upload the mp3 to the page to give my client some great advertising...

Media Convert - free and on line - convert and split sound, ringtones, images, docs - MP3 WMV 3GP AMR FLV SWF AMV MOV WMA AVI MPG MP4 DivX MPEG4 iPOD PSP OGG WMA AAC MP4 MPC MMF QCP KAR MIDI REALAUDIO FLAC JPG PSD DOC PDF RTF TXT ODG ODP ODS ODT SXW

Hope this helps

Ok guys...I have an update...this site is not converting the .voc file to an .mp3 file.

P.S. How difficult is the learning curve to be using skype to record calls?

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Chris Negro

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Christopher R Everson

15 years ago

I swear, I should be a skype salesmen.

Recently I've been trying my hand at the local market, and have been in touch with a variety of business owners and "high ups".

Some way or another, skype gets brought up, and a majority of people I talk to don't know what it is, or how useful it can be. A quick flick of the wrist, a laptop later, and I'm positive those same people were fiendishly downloading the basic version, only to upgrade later.

It's an immensely useful tool at a great price.

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mudmat

15 years ago

You can also use Audacity - Free Software to record the interview..

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dhudiburg

15 years ago

One other suggestion: Free Conference Call, Phone Conferencing, Teleconferences - FreeConferenceCall.com You can record calls in .wav format for free and I've never had a problem over *multiple* interviews.