-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I probably could dig up some plans for one of the devices that connects to a wall jack...I think I may even have plans for building one with a week rf transmitter...only problem is they take some basic electronics knoledge to construct...i.e. knowing how to solder. the advantage is they take only about a $5 trip to your favorite electronic parts supplier. On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:22:04PM -0500, Luke Davis wrote: > I have never had good experiences with the transeducer style phone > pickups. There is always a buz, the voices are frequently difficult to > make out, and as Greg said, getting them to stay connected to the back of > your receiver, is usually a losing battle. > > Some places sell a little device, that connects between the receiver and > the base, which can be plugged into a recorder. They are okay, but also > aren't the best, and they only work on a system, where the handset is only > a speaker and microphone, not the type with dialing apperatis, and most of > the other phone functions, in the handset. > > These can be had from C. Crane (800-522-TUNE). > > The best way I have found, is to use a device that is designed to connect > to the phone system directly, and not to any particular phone. That is, > the sort that plug into a telephone wall jack. > There are tape recorders made for this (I think C. Crane's Versacorder can > do this, but I'm not certain), and there are also small devices that > interface to a tape recorder, or other recording system, which you > provide. That is the kind I have currently. Cost about fourty bucks > including shipping, and worked quite well. > > I get my stuff of this kind, from: > > http://www.spytechagency.com > > Luke > > > On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >My experience with those has been that: > > > >1. The quality of the recording isn't as good as I think it could > > be. > > > >2. I've found a very limited amount of hand sets that the cup will > >actually suction to. The ear piece part has to have a perfectly flat > >plain a bit bigger then the cup's size, otherwise, it won't stay > >attached. There are supposedly things that are a tape deck, to which > >you attach the phone line, and then you attach the phone. Sort of like > >a record-only answering machine that doesn't pick up the phone and > >play a greeting. However, I've never used one of these. > > > >Greg > > > > > >On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 01:49:10AM -0400, Jared Stofflett wrote: > >>How about a phone aptch? It's a suction cup that sticks on the back of the > >>phone, and plugs into a standard microphone jack, and records the audio as > >>if it's a microphone. > >> > > > >- -- > >Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > >iD8DBQFBIO4z7s9z/XlyUyARAoDLAJ9FiKbRcrlaFQd54EnonvT5JI2hxACgwNXU > >4ZHYE2bJvjRF3KbHN9omfv8= > >=PzKe > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- There are no threads in a.b.p.erotica, so there's no gain in using a threaded news reader. -- unknown source -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBLIjh9XVrM3ri110RAjf6AJ9QtZ2l4xPzoOJ5AmbkW8jQcs002QCcDi35 jni+G0DPE6rQo0TZiUgwi/w= =S7I1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
