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Re: This Call Is Being Recorded

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Post by csmatt »

Off topic, but does anyone else make all their calls through Google Voice and get the 'This call is now being recorded' message randomly during conversations?

It has spooked everyone who has been on the other end of the line when it occurs.

Re: This Call Is Being Recorded

#13

Post by jdiez17 »

mcculley wrote: post #6

I've been wondering why this isn't standard already. I would love to have my phone record every call I make. It could store the raw audio, tag it with metadata about who was on the call, what time it occurred, and where I was. It could do speech to text asynchronously (if you store the raw audio forever, you could potentially get better transcripts as technology improves). I would love it if Siri was paying attention…

Yeah, having Siri or your equivalent voice assistant listen in during calls could be interesting. Reminds me of Jane from Children of the Mind.

There could potentially be major privacy issues, though.

Re: This Call Is Being Recorded

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Post by dlsym »

peterkelly wrote: post #4

And there I was, thinking this was going to be about the NSA. Isn't this fact implicit now?

"One of the great things about InCall Recorder is that it automatically upload the recorded MP3s up to DropBox - so your calls are instantly available to you and anyone else with whom you choose to share the folder." - And the NSA.

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Post by aroch »

csmatt wrote: post #12

Off topic, but does anyone else make all their calls through Google Voice and get the 'This call is now being recorded' message randomly during conversations? It has spooked everyone who has been on the other end of the line when it occurs.

If you accidentally press 4 during a call, you'll get that

Re: This Call Is Being Recorded

#17

Post by wcoenen »

I've been using InCall with the Nexus 4 for a while and it works well, except when using my car's bluetooth phone integration.

I wonder what the magic is though. How did they work around the problems with MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_CALL on most devices?

Re: This Call Is Being Recorded

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Post by andyjohnson0 »

objclxt wrote: post #5

From the link: > In the UK, it is perfectly legal for an individual to record their calls - and there is no need to inform the other party nor obtain consent. This is missing an important qualifier. In the UK it is legal to record a call without telling the other party for your own use . However, if you intend to make the call available to a third party, you must have consent. You couldn't record a call without telli…

Thanks for pointing that out. Some UK-specific links:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/oftel/consumer/advice...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_recording_laws#United...

Re: This Call Is Being Recorded

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Post by mcculley »

jdiez17 wrote: post #13
mcculley wrote: post #6

I've been wondering why this isn't standard already. I would love to have my phone record every call I make. It could store the raw audio, tag it with metadata about who was on the call, what time it occurred, and where I was. It could do speech to text asynchronously (if you store the raw audio forever, you could potentially get better transcripts as technology improves). I would love it if Siri was paying attention…

Yeah, having Siri or your equivalent voice assistant listen in during calls could be interesting. Reminds me of Jane from Children of the Mind. There could potentially be major privacy issues, though.

I agree about the privacy issues. Siri as currently implemented requires sending data off to the Internet, which is one reason why I don't personally use it very much. One of the technical reasons that Siri itself can't do this currently is that on some providers it can't do data and voice concurrently on the GSM radio. I don't know how much of Siri could be done locally on the phone, but that can't be far off.
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