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Re: Recording phone line


  • Subject: Re: Recording phone line
  • From: "noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:52:51 -0000

Without knowing anything about it, first assumption would be it's paid
for by the 0870 number part, they take their cut from that?
Noel

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Simon, an interesting concept... - I guess this is a pay
service
> though?
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of Simon Coates
> > Sent: 10 August 2007 11:43
> > To: UKHA Group
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Recording phone line
> >
> > Paul,
> >
> > I got an email from Planet Numbers the other day regarding their
call
> > recording service.  This might not be quite what you're after but
it's
> > an interesting idea:
> >
> > http://www.planet-numbers.co.uk/call_recording.jsp
> >
> > a.. your customer dials your 0845 number
> > a.. On connection, the customer is played a recorded message,
telling
> > him that the call may be recorded
> > a.. You pick up the call and carry on your phone conversation as
usual
> > a.. The full call is recorded (no maximum length)
> > a.. An mp3 file of the call is automatically and instantly sent
to
> your
> > computer's email inbox along with the time and date of the call
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Paul Gordon
> >   To: UKHA Group
> >   Sent: 10 August 2007 10:06
> >   Subject: [ukha_d] Recording phone line
> >
> >
> >   Peeps.
> >
> >   One of the things I've long wanted to implement is automatic
> > recording
> >   of all telephone conversations into or out of our house. To
this
> end,
> > I
> >   have most of the essential parts in place: - I have reliable
hook
> >   detection of our landline into the HA PC, and I have an audio
> > interface
> >   between the phone line & a line-in port on the HA PC, so
all I think
> > I
> >   need now is a piece of code to tie these together. I'm hoping
this
> > part
> >   will be quite simple...
> >
> >   As you will no doubt have gathered from the above, I want to
use PC
> >   based recording on my HA PC, rather than something like a
dedicated
> >   cassette-based telerecorder device. This is for ease of access
to
> the
> >   recordings, and so I have no maintenance to perform (changing a
tape
> > for
> >   instance). I simply want to start recording whenever the phone
is
> >   off-hook, and stop recording as soon as it goes on-hook. I Want
to
> >   record audio into WAV files, with filenames indicating date
& time
> of
> >   the recording, - and that's about it.
> >
> >   I have Homeseer running on the HA PC, so I can use any of the
> > facilities
> >   therein to manage the process, - although I don't currently run
HS
> >   Phone, and I don't have 2-way audio between the PC & the
phone line.
> > I
> >   also don't get caller-ID from my telco, so I don't need to do
> > anything
> >   fancy with that. Ideally, a nice simple script that could
control an
> >   instance of an audio recording tool on the PC would be great.
> >
> >   Anyone got any suggestions?
> >
> >   TIA
> >
> >   Paul G.
> >
> >   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>





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