And I just downloaded and installed Call graph--man is that thing nice! :) Why pay the 40 something dollars for Call Burner when you've got a nice free way of doing the same exact thing? Unless there's a justification, other than the standard "Well, we need to make money", I'd say go with Call Graph any day! I have yet to try it out with call recording, but if Ray's correct, I should have nothing to worry about in that regard! :) and btw, thanks Ray--I was always wondering what the buzz about Call Graph was about. Email: truthobjective at gmail.com or truthobjective at hotmail.com WLM: truthobjective at hotmail.com AIM: msd4283 Yahoo: msdriesnega Skype: markdriesenga Twitter: www.twitter.com/truthobjective Live Journal: truthobjective.livejournal.com Personal Myspace: www.myspace.com/truthobjective Music Myspace: www.myspace.com/truthobjectivemusic Facebook: Search for Mark Driesenga--you'll fine me under the Hope College network--Alum 06. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <[email protected]> To: "a list for discussing skype and its use with screen access software." <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] and the winner is,
> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > -- > Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org > SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both > incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by > dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." --Rod Serling > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >
