Hi, my iPhone 5 does well at picking up people from across the room. But if yours does not do what you want it to do, try placing on a table pointing toward the person who is speaking with nothing taller than the depth of the phone between you and that person. The table will act as a reflecter and may mean that you can pick up sounds from greater distances. One down side to this is that the microphone will become more omni directional, so that if there is a lot of other noise in the room, you may pick that up as well.
Neal -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of DJ Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:10 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: To Improve Recording Quality I use Rev Voice Recorder as you described in your message. It picks up very well from across the room and allows me to pause and resume recording when a doctor or nurse leaves the room and comes back in. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of SSEric Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: To Improve Recording Quality I have a few recording apps, but I am wondering if there is an inexpensive microphone for recording. Normally, I am only interested in recording conversation, such as doctor appointments and the like. But, it doesn't seem the built-in mic records much beyond the person nearest the device. Since this is just for personal use and not a frequent need, I don't want to invest much. Any pointers to microphones or suggestions to improve what I have will be most appreciated. Eric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.