Skype is a widely used online IP Communication and Telephony service that is used for conducting online interviews, conference calls, panel discussions, plain voice chatting and recording pod casts. More than 190 million people have downloaded Skype so far.
Although Skype do not provide any support for recording voice calls, still you can do this with the help of third party add-ons or some hardware devices. You can also make use of some existing software in your system. These phone calls are recorded in the regular format of MP3 audio files, Windows Media, WAV. The calls hence recorded can be edited and shared just like regular media files.
Recording Skype Calls
Some popular Skype add-ons and resources that are used for recording Skype calls are -
Skype Recording Options for Windows:
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Kishkish SAM
This Skype plug-in automatically records all incoming calls on Skype that you answer as well. In addition, for outgoing calls, you need t o wait until the other party answers your call. This plug-in enables you to resume or stop voice recording at any moment during ongoing call.
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PowerGramo Recorder for Skype
It is a good option for recording Skype calls, if the calls involve not more than two people at a time. It can record calls of any duration and records them in the format of WAV or OGG. It works on the older versions of Skype that include Skype 1.1.
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HotRecorder for VoIP
It is a popular Skype call recording plug-in. in fact; not only Skype calls, but also you can use this software to record voice calls from IM client, AOL, Gtalk, Net2Phone, Firefly or Yahoo Messenger. These recordings are saved in the format of OGG, WAV or MP3 files. This plug-in also has voicemail feature that automatically answers your incoming Skype calls.
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Pamela 2.0 Professional
The basic version of this software is free and supports the voice and video answering machine. The pro version of Pamela 2.0 professional helps in recording Skype calls. It can record Skypecasts, Skype Chats, and Skype Video. Local playback copy of Skype chats can also be created with Pamela Skype Add-on. It also helps create HTML template code for posting recorded video and audio calls on Skype so that it can be posted as blog entries or pod casts.
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Total Recorder for Skype
This has been designed in such a way to capture any sort of audio-video content from web. It records streaming audio directly from sources such as Windows, QuickTime, Media Player, Real Player and WinAmp. Older versions of Total Recorder had some issues with recording Skype calls; however, new version do not has any such problem. It is very popular Skype call recorder being used at present. The recordings done with it can be saved as wma,wav, mp3 or ogg vorbis audio files.
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MixCast Live
This has been specially designed to record interviews conducted on Skype.
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SkyLook Business/Home for Microsoft Outlook
The business or home version of SkyLook can be installed in Outlook directly and it places the Skype calls to Outlook contacts and records all the Skype calls as MP3. It also adds features of voice mail and answering machine to the Outlook inbox. You can save the audio files like any other email messages.
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PrettyMay
It is another popular add-on to record Skype calls. It is free software and the maximum duration for which it can record calls is 30 min. it can record incoming as well as outgoing calls in formats of MP3 and WAV.
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Recording Skype Calls on a Mac
For Mac users, the best option to record Skype calls is WireTrap Pro and Audio Hijack.
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Audio Hijack Pro
This software makes use of Hijacking technique to record audio’s that include vidcasts, pod casts, DVDs or other kind of audio videos on internet. The Audio Hijack only records the audio while the Audio Hijack Pro has additional feature to enhance the quality of audio.
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WireTrap Pro
It is developed by the makers of Snapz Pro. It can record audios from any sort of running applications along with headset, line-in, microphone or radio SHARK. It saves the recorded calls in the format of AAC, QuickTime, AIFF and MP3.
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