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08-23-05

Phone Recorder

I've used this little gizmo from Radio Shack for 20 years now. It's the cheapest way I know to record a phone conversation. I use it for doing phone interviews. Some folks use it to record teleconferences, or some to archive their voice mail. (The laws about recording on the phone vary by state in the US.) You can buy expensive gadgets that do the same, but no better than this one. Radio Shack still makes it, and it is still cheap at $26. You can plug it into a tape recorder, or digital recorder, or even your computer -- anything that will take a standard 1/8 inch input plug.

-- KK

Recorder Control
$30
Available from Radio Shack

 


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#1 | Wed, 04-08-09 07:38
Sinclare Vabalon

This is too cumbersome and old-school, can't do this on the fly or have the calls stored on the web forever....I use RecordMyCalls.com, cost effective, spot on and easy to use. They even transcribe for a small fee. I have a 8 track tape player for your car if you like for you car, same as your radio-shack recorder

 
#2 | Wed, 02-03-10 12:26
elon

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