How to Record a Phone Call for a Podcast
Recording phone calls for a podcast can be done in several ways depending on the equipment you use. Apps for Android and iOS mobile devices and VoIP options are the most popular, but there are web-based solutions for all phone types. You can even record a conversation on a landline phone. Selecting the right app from the many that are available may take some experimentation. If you don’t have a call recording app, try these apps that are available for Android or iOS mobile devices:
TapeACall Call Recorder ACR Cube Call Recorder Super Call Recorder Automatic Call Recorder
Free Solutions
Free solutions are always popular. MP3 Skype Recorder is freeware for Windows 10, 8, and 7. It automatically or manually records your Skype calls and stores those conversations on your hard drive in separate MP3 formatted files. It records SkypeOut, P2P Skype calls, and Skype Online numbers. iFree Skype Recorder is easy to use and free as well. It automatically or manually records your Skype calls and is compatible with the desktop version of Skype, Skype for Windows 10, Skype for Business, Teams, Facebook, and Google Chat. Dial the number you’re actually calling and conduct your business. After you hang up, NoNotes.com notifies you when your recording is ready. You can sign up for a free account, but the recording service requires a monthly or annual subscription. There’s also the professional route. AudioFile Solutions, a podcast production and transcription company, provides a conference call recording service. It is a manual process that is monitored by a recording engineer. The quality of the recording is excellent. The company doesn’t publish its prices on the website—it provides quotes—but a sample trial is available. Finding a device for this service is challenging. As the popularity of landlines has declined, many of the compatible recording devices have been discontinued, and prices have gone up for devices that are still available, such as the RecorderGear TR600 Landline Phone Call Recorder.
