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From Webcasting to SoftPhone Technology

In computing, a softphone is a software program for making telephone calls over the Internet
using a general purpose computer, rather than using dedicated hardware.
Often a softphone is designed to behave like a traditional telephone,


Telephonoy Assignment-Conversation with Kevin Honeycutt


Well, this has been frustrating, so I hope it works this time.  


2-way Telephony reflection

It took a fair amount of time with the skype lady almost two weeks ago to figure out how to get this to work (see last blog post).  Then I procrastinated . . . and went to Educon . . . and found myself scrambling this morning to find someone to talk to.


2-Way Telephony on Skype by Sarah Sutter with Alice Barr


Just a quickie conversation with Alice Barr reflecting on our week post-Educon.


Recording Skype call (two sides)

After some frustration with what I thought were setting issues, Lee B helped me out and it turns out my dual 1/8th inch plug headset wasn't going to work for this. I went to the local Radio Shack and ended up with a Logitec 250 USB headset, and things went MUCH smoother! I figured I'd post the settings here that worked, since they are a little different from Lee's screencast since she's using other software.

 (Using a Logitec 250 USB headset)

System prefs : Sound : output and input set to Logitec USB


Mac Settings for recording telephony with Audio Hijack Pro

So, I had trouble following the settings for recording two sides of a telephony call (skype), so once I found settings that worked, I figured I'd post them here for anyone else who might need them. 

 (Using a Logitec 250 USB headset)

System prefs : Sound : output and input set to Logitec USB

Audio Hijack settings : Source type: Skype (it'll restart skype if you have it open)

Skype prefs : output and input set to Logitec USB 

None of this covers the audio specs - I'll be doing editing in Audacity to get those set correctly. 


Audio Introduction Skypecall Webcast Chinese TV journalist Broadcaster


Hello, This is Jiang La, a TV journalist from Wenzhou China. Nice to see you all both new & old fellow interns at the webcast academy ;) I am looking forward to doing some real interview over here very soon. 

 


Deborah Goodman-Telephony-2007-10-27


Okay, I think I finally got this after three days of installing, uninstalling, reconfiguring, recording, recording, recording....you get the picture. 


Webcast Academy Meeting 2.3.2 - Recording Both Ends of a Telephony Call


Webcast Academy Meeting 2.3.2
Recording Both Ends of a Telep­hony Call
­October 21, 2007

Week#2 Curriculum Page

Chat Log Below


Susan with Cheryl


This is a recording of a Skype call that I recorded with Cheryl Lykowski. It was recorded with Call Recorder and edited in Audacity.


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