Recording a telephone conversation on skype

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Recording a telephone conversation on skype

Post by RichardEdwards » Wed May 11, 2011 6:54 pm

I am a technophobe and can'y work ut how to record a phone conversation. At present I only record my voice; nothing incoming. Can yiou help me with the required setup?
I have Windows 7 Profressional on an HP Quartic laptop, with a 32-bit opeerating ststem.

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Re: Recording a telephone conversation on skype

Post by steve » Wed May 11, 2011 8:13 pm

Trying to record Skype with Audacity ranges from difficult to impossible (depending on the hardware and operating system).
There's several specialised programs designed to do the job more efficiently, more effectively and more easily than Audacity can. I'm not aware of any good free programs to do it, but "Pamela" (commercial non-free) receives good reviews and is not expensive (free trial available). Take care if you want to try free programs for recording Skype - there's a lot of bad ones that are stuffed full of adware and other undesirables.
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Re: Recording a telephone conversation on skype

Post by RichardEdwards » Thu May 12, 2011 1:47 pm

Steve - Many thanks!

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