How to Record Phone Conversations for a Podcast

A staple of podcasting is an interview. If you want to record the conversation through the phone, one way to do that is by buying a recording jack that you can plug into your phone.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• phone
• recorder
• recording jack

1. 
    

   A recording jack connects in between your telephone and handset.

2. Unplug your headset from your phone, and plug in one side of your recording jack.

3. 
    

   Plug the cord from the headset into the other side of your recording jack.

4. 
    

   Record.

5. 
    

   In order to use it for your podcast, you need to have your audio in mp3 format. So, if you didn't use a digital recorder, you have a few options in terms of how to convert it. You can use Audacity to record it from your computer.

6. 
    

   You can also buy a program like iMic and record it onto a sound card.

Tips & Warnings

• If you decide to record with Audacity, here is a link to some tutorials on how to save to MP3. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials
• Make sure the other party is aware that you are recording the phone call, so you avoid any legal issues or angry interviewees.