Re: [epub] Digital voice recording suggestions?

["Harry Neelam eNRG" <harryn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ann
Any recorder, digital or analog that has an audio input jack
can be used with a normal phone line but in order to do what
you want to do there are two other items you will need:

1. A voice recognition program. I use Dragon Dictate Preferred
(a colleague uses IBM Via Voice); both are NOT perfect and
require extensive and repetitive training. Thats when you sit and recite
inane paragraphs of text to allow the software to "train" itself to
your voice. Then it works (75%). Having to recognise a variety of different
voices - as I assume will be the case if you do interviews - is iffy at best.
The results will be amusing sometimes, hilarious others; Correct - rarely.

2. Another item will be a cheap ($2-$5) little interface that hooks into
your handset jack on the phone (where the coiled cord connects into the phone) and has a parallel male mini-jack to go into your audio input n the recorder. This is usually available in the phone accessory section at Radio Shack, Tandy and similar electronics
stores.

3. Finally, I think it is a legal requirement to inform your interviewee
that you have recording device attached to your phone and to get their consent.

I hope I've been of some help. If you need more info please email me
off-list and I'll be happy to guide you.
Regards
Harry Neelam
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> Help!  I do a lot of phone interviews for articles
> for my ezines.  It's getting really tiring to have to
> listen and type like crazy for an hour at a time
> several times a day.
>
> But my deadlines are tight, so I don't have the
> leisure for tape recorded conversations to be transcribed or
> anything.
>
> I've looked up digital voice recorders on Cnet and
> elswhere and they seem to be perfect for this
> problem... they record a conversation and then you can
> upload it to your Word program in your PC.  Only
> problem is I can't tell if any of them will work with
> my phone line (I don't want to do interviews by
> speaker phone as that can come off as rude.)
>
> Does anyone else on this list have a tech solution for
> this or know of a product I can buy for less than $500
> to solve this problem?
>
> Thanks so much in advance!!!!
>
> Anne Holland, Publisher
> anneh@marketingsherpa.com
> 202.232.6830



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