Recording Teleclasses and Online Audio: A Step-by-Step Guide
for Stress-Free Recording
by Barbra Sundquist
Published on this site: May 27th , 2005 - See
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Do you need to record teleclasses, conference calls or telephone
interviews? Good news the process just got a whole lot easier.
If you’re like most busy business people, you don’t want
to fiddle around with recording equipment and converting files into
MP3 format. All you want to do is:
- easily turn on the recording system on and off
- get the finished recording in an MP3 format so that you
and others can listen to it
Here are recommendations of two new online services that will do
this for you at a very reasonable cost, along with step-by-step
instructions on how to use these services.
- Get a Free Bridge Line
Go to http://www.freeaudioconferencing.com
and sign up for a free bridge line (this is a fully functional
bridge line with your own private PIN number)
- Choose Between the Following Two Recording Services
I’ve done a lot of research on this subject and tried
out many systems. In my experience the best two services
for ease of use, customer support and value for your dollar
are:
1)
http://www.freeaudioconferencing.com ($10 per recording
- use if you only make one or two recordings a month)
2) http://www.coach.audioacrobat.com
($19.95 month for unlimited recordings - use if you make
two or more recordings a month)
- How To Do It
Using Option 1 – FreeAudioConferencing
1) you and your caller(s) phone into your bridge line as
usual it has to be a freeaudioconferencing.com
bridge line
2) when you are ready to begin recording, press *2 on your
phone and it will ask you for a recording file number. Just
name the file whatever you will remember using your touch-tone
phone (example: if you punch in 4545, this will be your
recorded file number for this recording).
3) When you would like the recording to end, just press
*2 again. Recording also ends when you hang up.
4) To get the MP3 file, just go to the freeaudioconferencing.com
website and click on the link “Download Conference
Recordings” at the bottom of the homepage.
5) The company will email you your MP3 file, which you can
then click on to listen to. You can also email the file
to someone else, upload the file to your website, etc.
Using Option 2 – AudioAcrobat
1) phone into your bridge line (it can be any bridge)
2) once you have greeted your participants, you need to
“patch in” the AudioAcrobat recording line. This
is not difficult (if you’re familiar with the “3-Way
Calling” feature from your phone company, it’s
basically the same thing). Here are the steps:
a. Press the “Flash” button on your phone
b. when you hear the dial tone you dial the AudioAcrobat
phone number and enter your PIN
c. after you have entered your PIN, you will hear
some phone prompts. To start the recording press “3”
on your phone keypad.
d. as soon as you hear the prompt say “Patch
this line into your conference call now” hit the “Flash”
button to return to your conference call
e. you will hear two audible tones when the recording
starts.
f. to stop the recording process, simply hit the
“Flash” button again or hang up
3) Once you hang up, AudioAcrobat makes your MP3 file which
will appear in the “Show My Audios” section of
your account. The longer the recording, the longer it will
take to show up. A one hour conference call takes about
10 minutes to appear.
Now that you know a stress-free way to record conference
calls, teleclasses and telephone interviews, what are you
waiting for? Good luck and enjoy!
Barbra Sundquist, MPA, IAC-CC is a Certified Mentor Coach
known as “the coach who makes things simple”. Barbra absolutely
loves taking complex information and making it understandable for
learners. To receive more useful “how-to” tips for your
online business, go to http://www.BecomeACertifiedCoach.com
and sign up for Certified Coach News.
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