Thanks very much, Ray, for posting that most informative review.
In my limited experience with Call Burner, there is a synchronization
issue between sent and received sound. For example, if I'm recording
a conversation with a friend, and my friend makes a comment, my
reaction to the comment in the recording tends to be earlier, in
relation to the comment itself, than it was in reality. This can make
for interesting anomalies in the recording, like a person starting to
laugh at a joke just before the punch line has actually been finished.
I'd be interested to know if anyone who has seen this in Call Burner
could comment on whether the timing is any better in Call Graph.
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 02:12:45PM -0500, Ray Foret jr wrote:
Hi,
Yesterday, on the Skype English list, I asked for a comparison between
Call burner and Call Graph. Most of the very few of y'all who bothered to
respond said that since I had paid for Call Burner, it really didn't matter
which one I chose. Well, I now have my own answer having compared both
programs.
First, Call Graph does in fact work well with JAWS version 9. The
installation was a snap and the interface is, for the most part, right where
it needs to be in so far as accessibility is concerned. Once you've
authorized it, and told Windows Firewall that you want Call Graph to have
access to Windows, it's a snap to use. Call Graph rests in your system tray
waiting for you to take control of it. When you press enter on Call Graph
from the system tray, you'll see the usual context menu which opens up in
such circumstances. To get to the configuration settings, just go down to
where it says "configuration" and press enter on this. When you do this,
you open up a multipage dialog box of the type with which you are already
familiar. From this point, most everything is in tab order but for one
interesting exception. When you are in the record tab, you must use the
JAWS curser to locate the file format radio buttons. By default, Call Graph
is set to record mp3 files, and, if that is in fact what you want, there's
no need to go and change that. However, Call Graph does give you the
ability to record in .wav format just as Call burner does. If you want to
record in wav format, Just find the record in 16bit wav format in stereo and
left click it once with the virtual left mouse button. That's all you need
to do. IF you want to switch back to mp3, it's exactly the same process
except you left click the .mp3 button. The only other place you need to
use the JAWS curser is in the history. When you click on "history" from the
context menu, you are placed in to an html window but you need to read and
manipulate this window with the JAWS curser. It's really not that hard to
manage.
Okay, now for the really cool stuff. With Call Burner, if you wanted to
record a Skype call in stereo, you need to record the separate parts of the
call in and out. Then, you put both parts in to a sound editor and place
one file in the left channel and the other file in the right then save the
new combined file. With Call Graph, stereo recording is built in. Just
select two channel from the record tab and you're good to go. Yes, that's
right. Call Graph will automatically record your Skype calls in stereo.
Your side is in the left channel and the skype side is in the right.
Unlike Call Burner, there is not even a hint of distortion while recording a
call.
Well, that's just about it for now. Hey, not bad for free, I must say.
They've really done a nice job with this one so far, and, I dare speculate
that there's going to be a lot of blind Skype users just grabbing this one
up for sure.
Sincerely,
The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
Phone:
985-360-3375
e-mail:
rforetjratcomcastdotnet
Skype Name:
barefootedray
Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest
version of skype go to
http://www.dlee.org/skype
To access tutorials and other goodies go to
http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html
thanks and have a wonderful day.
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