Not all call recording is illegal people! As long as you let the other person know, it is not a moral gray area. Interviews, directions, instructions, detailed info...saves the person calling having to repeat themselves!
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"Recorder 10 introduces an optional outgoing call recording service for pennies per minute!"
Still, there is NO app on the appstore that is capable of recording calls. Some work with 3rd party companies but those cost money and give god knows who a recording of your phone conversations.
Still, there is NO app on the appstore that is capable of recording calls. Some work with 3rd party companies but those cost money and give god knows who a recording of your phone conversations.
Unspoken Demise
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Mmmk, well im not going to read through all these posts about people who just HAVE to tell the OP where it is or is not legal/ OMG unethical, so can anyone enlighten me as to whether or not an app like this is available?
Spare me your morality or laws. Its legal here.
Spare me your morality or laws. Its legal here.
Potential solution
I am not sure exactly what you want to do but I have recently discovered a service called www.recordall.com You don't need any software or app and you can record from any phone or computer.
Your calls are then stored in an inbox type of interface so it is really easy to play back, tag, share or do what ever you want. This may be to business oriented but who knows.
I hope this helps
cheers
Seb
I am not sure exactly what you want to do but I have recently discovered a service called www.recordall.com You don't need any software or app and you can record from any phone or computer.
Your calls are then stored in an inbox type of interface so it is really easy to play back, tag, share or do what ever you want. This may be to business oriented but who knows.
I hope this helps
cheers
Seb
This is not a good option just because we pay so much for a phone that does so many things, yet something as basic as this has been omitted. I personally would record calls to comcast, best buy, when I cancel services like XM, or any other time companies might try and dispute what you said. I'm sure many of us have been promised comcast credits that didn't show up, or have been told their service has been canceled but then billed anyway, or returns promised then denied at the store. Perfectly legal in my state.
The last time I recorded a phone call is when I booked a hotel reservation. They told me what my rate was per night so I booked it. I asked for an email confirmation and they refused. I asked her to send me an email telling me what my rate is, she refused. They would not put in writing what my nightly rate was. So, I called back and recorded a call with them telling me my rate and that it wouldn't change. No problems that time but some companies that you have to deal with have some truly bizarre business practices.
The last time I recorded a phone call is when I booked a hotel reservation. They told me what my rate was per night so I booked it. I asked for an email confirmation and they refused. I asked her to send me an email telling me what my rate is, she refused. They would not put in writing what my nightly rate was. So, I called back and recorded a call with them telling me my rate and that it wouldn't change. No problems that time but some companies that you have to deal with have some truly bizarre business practices.
Record call on iphone with jack splitter
Yo homies,
Just wanted to let you know that untill apple make it possible there are ways to record the call.
See the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpha9H-umig
It is not ideal I would say, but it is at least a way to get the recording on the go.
Yo homies,
Just wanted to let you know that untill apple make it possible there are ways to record the call.
See the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpha9H-umig
It is not ideal I would say, but it is at least a way to get the recording on the go.
i am not too tech savvy, but that would sound like sucking through the same straw you want to blow through...
recording conversation
In most states it IS legal to record a conversation as long as one person on the conversation knows it is being recorded. There are only about 5 or 6 states that both partied have to know it is being recorded. I personally think its crazy that it is legal.
The only reason this is legal in my opinion is so the cops can use it for their own purposes
In most states it IS legal to record a conversation as long as one person on the conversation knows it is being recorded. There are only about 5 or 6 states that both partied have to know it is being recorded. I personally think its crazy that it is legal.
The only reason this is legal in my opinion is so the cops can use it for their own purposes
Red Tape ****s !
Well done that man!
I AM in the law business and I DO need to record calls and it IS allowed !!!
You have heard a load of opinions as to what you can and cant do and whether you ought to be doing it or not What a load of ......... !
Just answer the man's question. It is HIS business what he needs to use it for and you do not need to quiz him on it.
In many regions it is perfectly legal even if the other party does not know (including the majority of America). In my business, even though I am allowed to record without mentioning it, I always tell the other party I am recording for clarity so I can make notes in case i need to refer back.
So PLEASE .... did anyone actually find an app that does it before getting burried in a load of opinions from save the world types? All my previous phones have had the facility as standard. Now I have switched to iPhone I need to download one that does it so can anyone spare me the lectures and just say if they know of an app that actually does this for iPhone - whoever writes it is of no concern to me?
Thank you
Well done that man!
I AM in the law business and I DO need to record calls and it IS allowed !!!
You have heard a load of opinions as to what you can and cant do and whether you ought to be doing it or not What a load of ......... !
Just answer the man's question. It is HIS business what he needs to use it for and you do not need to quiz him on it.
In many regions it is perfectly legal even if the other party does not know (including the majority of America). In my business, even though I am allowed to record without mentioning it, I always tell the other party I am recording for clarity so I can make notes in case i need to refer back.
So PLEASE .... did anyone actually find an app that does it before getting burried in a load of opinions from save the world types? All my previous phones have had the facility as standard. Now I have switched to iPhone I need to download one that does it so can anyone spare me the lectures and just say if they know of an app that actually does this for iPhone - whoever writes it is of no concern to me?
Thank you
I'm looking for this feature too. It's not illegal in Sweden, as long as you take part in the phone call.
No actual answer!
I been doing research on either iTunes App or a Jailbroken App, but this is not been fun. For 2 years now been always looking for a App to record calls. A App that actually record calls on the IPhone itself, not those apps like spoof, Irecord, etc; those apps work by using there dialing server and record the call on there end, then you can download that recording from there server. For a premium account of course. Not looking a app that I have to buy premium service or minutes. I understood the problem on IOS 3.1, 3.1.2, etc but was hoping that either IOS 4.0 or IPhone 4 with IOS 4.0 would change that since multi tasting ability with this IOS. But for every single post I ever seen anyone post, asking for a recording app the question really never gets a answer.
For some reason the question always brings only lawyers to answer (Sarcasm) because the question always goes to on answer of it's not legal, bla bla bla. I wish people do some research before answering remarks that are not even true. For many states only one party must be aware of the phone call being recording. Why do folks always go to legalities when a recorder app question is asked. I mean everyone has there reasons and like I said most states are legal. People go off on untrue statements yet there are on sites that give input on how to jailbreak IPhone, hack apps, etc. Now that's not legal.. Downloading apps that are not being pay for without the developers permission it's illegal. Sorry on my tone, but yeah I do get upset when people ramble on and on about legalities on things that untrue. People atleast one's in there life have done something not legal. Most all other smart phones have the ability to record phone calls and it's been legal for many years now and never there been a lawsuit file on these phones. I would love to have the ability to record some phone calls when needing to for personal notes and nothing more. It's legal and that's all that matters. So yeah sorry dude I been searching for the same thing you are for a very long time now and I had no such luck yet. There are Apps out there either on ITunes and Cydia but all they are a money making tool. They all required to buy minutes as you used them, because you have to dial from there server and to record a incoming call you have to give them a different number to call you that you get from the developers App. I believe what his looking for and what am looking for is a app that records incoming and outgoing calls on the iPhone itself. Then just plug iphone to pc and save the recording from the phone.
Wish you the best of luck and if I ever locate anything to the above input I will make another post here with link or name. But now no luck here. Please anyone is luck to find on App that does the above then PLEASE let us know. Will be most greatfull for the information.
Thanks Lance.
I been doing research on either iTunes App or a Jailbroken App, but this is not been fun. For 2 years now been always looking for a App to record calls. A App that actually record calls on the IPhone itself, not those apps like spoof, Irecord, etc; those apps work by using there dialing server and record the call on there end, then you can download that recording from there server. For a premium account of course. Not looking a app that I have to buy premium service or minutes. I understood the problem on IOS 3.1, 3.1.2, etc but was hoping that either IOS 4.0 or IPhone 4 with IOS 4.0 would change that since multi tasting ability with this IOS. But for every single post I ever seen anyone post, asking for a recording app the question really never gets a answer.
For some reason the question always brings only lawyers to answer (Sarcasm) because the question always goes to on answer of it's not legal, bla bla bla. I wish people do some research before answering remarks that are not even true. For many states only one party must be aware of the phone call being recording. Why do folks always go to legalities when a recorder app question is asked. I mean everyone has there reasons and like I said most states are legal. People go off on untrue statements yet there are on sites that give input on how to jailbreak IPhone, hack apps, etc. Now that's not legal.. Downloading apps that are not being pay for without the developers permission it's illegal. Sorry on my tone, but yeah I do get upset when people ramble on and on about legalities on things that untrue. People atleast one's in there life have done something not legal. Most all other smart phones have the ability to record phone calls and it's been legal for many years now and never there been a lawsuit file on these phones. I would love to have the ability to record some phone calls when needing to for personal notes and nothing more. It's legal and that's all that matters. So yeah sorry dude I been searching for the same thing you are for a very long time now and I had no such luck yet. There are Apps out there either on ITunes and Cydia but all they are a money making tool. They all required to buy minutes as you used them, because you have to dial from there server and to record a incoming call you have to give them a different number to call you that you get from the developers App. I believe what his looking for and what am looking for is a app that records incoming and outgoing calls on the iPhone itself. Then just plug iphone to pc and save the recording from the phone.
Wish you the best of luck and if I ever locate anything to the above input I will make another post here with link or name. But now no luck here. Please anyone is luck to find on App that does the above then PLEASE let us know. Will be most greatfull for the information.
Thanks Lance.
sure and simple!
Thanks Helmigurt! This was the simplest way to record a conversation with my sister-in-law who wanted to give me a recipe and I couldn't write it down. New to these blogs but am amazed how loud the self-righteous bellow.
Thanks Helmigurt! This was the simplest way to record a conversation with my sister-in-law who wanted to give me a recipe and I couldn't write it down. New to these blogs but am amazed how loud the self-righteous bellow.
http://www.intomobile.com/2010/08/21/covert-iphone-audio-recording-ok-under-certain-circumstances/
Also, it is legal in Canada to record a conversation as long as one party to the conversation is aware of the recording, Canadian RCMP (National Police Force) recently even declined to investigate an instance where a politician from another party monitored a conversation between NDP party members in a conference call because the NDP mistakenly sent out an invite to him, and so because this politician had been invited he was legally allowed to monitor and record the call.
Has'nt anyone found a native app that can
Record calls locally?
It can even be for jailbreak'ed phone.
This is the only thing I miss on iPhone.
Ps.please guys stop the law discussion.
Record calls locally?
It can even be for jailbreak'ed phone.
This is the only thing I miss on iPhone.
Ps.please guys stop the law discussion.
Google Voice OR record with Quicktime
Hi,
I found this thread while trying to find a way to record a phone interview (for journalism).
I ended up finding 2 ways this can be achieved:
1) Use Google Voice and have the caller call YOU on your Google Voice phone number. You can record with Google Voice on incoming calls (but not on outgoing calls).
2) Start the call, open Quicktime, start a new audio recording in Quicktime and press record. Put the phone RIGHT next to the computer mic (on the Macbook it's on the top left side).
Hope this helps!
Meliha
Hi,
I found this thread while trying to find a way to record a phone interview (for journalism).
I ended up finding 2 ways this can be achieved:
1) Use Google Voice and have the caller call YOU on your Google Voice phone number. You can record with Google Voice on incoming calls (but not on outgoing calls).
2) Start the call, open Quicktime, start a new audio recording in Quicktime and press record. Put the phone RIGHT next to the computer mic (on the Macbook it's on the top left side).
Hope this helps!
Meliha
Thanks for the reply Meliha. Google voice seems like nice app and after some searching it seems its not available in Sweden yet 🙁 , couldnt find it in appstore on my phone.
Googles webpage says this:
Thanks for visiting Google Voice. We're not yet open for users outside the US, but are planning to expand our service to additional countries in the future.
I will check tonight if i can get it through itunes (i think i seen it there) and more importantly use it.
Its a bit sad that this is not possible to do using a native app but anyway this is better then nothing i guess.
Cheers
Gv
Hi,
I'm pretty sure Google Voice is NOT avail as an iPhone app. (it may be avail on Android though.)
Anyway since GV isn't avail where you are...try the other method I mentioned. It worked really well for me. Now I'm looking for transcription software I can run on the macbook so I don't have to manually type out the entire conversation.
Meliha
Hi,
I'm pretty sure Google Voice is NOT avail as an iPhone app. (it may be avail on Android though.)
Anyway since GV isn't avail where you are...try the other method I mentioned. It worked really well for me. Now I'm looking for transcription software I can run on the macbook so I don't have to manually type out the entire conversation.
Meliha
Hello guys,
I don't understand why until now there isn't an app to record incoming/outgoing phone calls directly on the phone, and not using a service.
It's really impossible to do it because of the iPhone hardware or iPhone OS ???
I don't understand why until now there isn't an app to record incoming/outgoing phone calls directly on the phone, and not using a service.
It's really impossible to do it because of the iPhone hardware or iPhone OS ???
Thats what i'm wondering as well. I mean is it impossible to do it or just hard? any developer who knows more on this?
@meliha: your quicktime solution is nice when you are home but for me most times i am not 🙁 thanks for the help never the less.
occamsrazor
macrumors 6502
This isn't really an answer as it will only work for SIP calls, but I'm surprised no-one has mentioned it:
Acrobits Softphone and Acrobits Groundwire will both record SIP calls. They work with any SIP provider.
They can be set to record both incoming and outgoing SIP calls directly on the iPhone and have a great "history" tab and playback interface. Note that while you can initiate a normal GSM call from within the Acrobits app interface, these calls DO NOT get recorded, only the SIP calls are able to be recorded. That said, if you can live with the SIP-only limitation, they work great for recording calls.
Acrobits Softphone and Acrobits Groundwire will both record SIP calls. They work with any SIP provider.
They can be set to record both incoming and outgoing SIP calls directly on the iPhone and have a great "history" tab and playback interface. Note that while you can initiate a normal GSM call from within the Acrobits app interface, these calls DO NOT get recorded, only the SIP calls are able to be recorded. That said, if you can live with the SIP-only limitation, they work great for recording calls.
PhoneTap
I just released PhoneTap which records outgoing phone calls and is available in the US App Store. Two free promo codes at the bottom of the post for anyone in this thread who wants to try it out.
A lot of people have asked really good questions in this thread and voiced some frustration at the situation. As perhaps the world expert in phone call recording iphone apps 🙂cool🙂 I'd like to add my experience to the mix:
First of all, there's no API or Apple-sanctioned way for an app by itself to listen in on a phone call. Otherwise Angry Birds could listen in on your calls, and obviously that's not a desirable outcome. Apple has designed the hardware and software specifically so that rogue apps can't do this. Because there's hardware involved too, it's hard to do even in the jailbreak world. But it's for a good reason that has everything to do with keeping crap apps from stealing your credit card number rather than some overexcited legal department or the moral police.
So in order to record a call, the call has to be routed through a service that actually performs the recording, although the service can be remotely controlled by an app. Unfortunately this means a bit of infrastructure for a developer: servers to route calls, audio file hosting, etc., and as others have pointed out this means unlimited recording for 99 cents is not economical. It is a lot of work to hide that complexity from the user.
Recording calls is not illegal, but laws very from state to state and as others have pointed out, it gets complicated fast if each party is in a different state. You can usually stay out of trouble by letting the caller know that they are being recorded. (This is why there are those "This call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes" messages whenever you call a big company.) As always, consult with a lawyer if you are concerned about the legality of what you are recording.
So in summary:
And the promised promo codes:
6XE3RKKAHKJ3
7M9MK3W7JYMY
I just released PhoneTap which records outgoing phone calls and is available in the US App Store. Two free promo codes at the bottom of the post for anyone in this thread who wants to try it out.
A lot of people have asked really good questions in this thread and voiced some frustration at the situation. As perhaps the world expert in phone call recording iphone apps 🙂cool🙂 I'd like to add my experience to the mix:
First of all, there's no API or Apple-sanctioned way for an app by itself to listen in on a phone call. Otherwise Angry Birds could listen in on your calls, and obviously that's not a desirable outcome. Apple has designed the hardware and software specifically so that rogue apps can't do this. Because there's hardware involved too, it's hard to do even in the jailbreak world. But it's for a good reason that has everything to do with keeping crap apps from stealing your credit card number rather than some overexcited legal department or the moral police.
So in order to record a call, the call has to be routed through a service that actually performs the recording, although the service can be remotely controlled by an app. Unfortunately this means a bit of infrastructure for a developer: servers to route calls, audio file hosting, etc., and as others have pointed out this means unlimited recording for 99 cents is not economical. It is a lot of work to hide that complexity from the user.
Recording calls is not illegal, but laws very from state to state and as others have pointed out, it gets complicated fast if each party is in a different state. You can usually stay out of trouble by letting the caller know that they are being recorded. (This is why there are those "This call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes" messages whenever you call a big company.) As always, consult with a lawyer if you are concerned about the legality of what you are recording.
So in summary:
- An app needs the help of a service to record calls
- Telling the caller that you're recording keeps you out of trouble most of the time
And the promised promo codes:
6XE3RKKAHKJ3
7M9MK3W7JYMY
Sadly i live in EU so i dont see the app. In any case i am so much more interested in recording in the phone as the old old phones from Ericsson/SonyEricsson/Nokia.
To be honest this feature isnt something new so i dont see why Apple was forced to go to such length to remove it. Maybe just to introduce it later as a feature as they always do. I love my iPhone but really miss this feature 🙁
To be honest this feature isnt something new so i dont see why Apple was forced to go to such length to remove it. Maybe just to introduce it later as a feature as they always do. I love my iPhone but really miss this feature 🙁