
One thing to keep in mind when conducting an interviews involving smartphone voice recorder apps is that if you’re speaking to your guest by phone, they’ll probably need a second phone (or tablet) to make a voice recording, as most modern smartphones don’t make it easy to record at the same time as you’re on a call.
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We also have an article explaining how to use the free open source Audacity to record your own voice with a computer. You can find some of those tips in our articles on using Zoom or Zencastr to record interviews for podcasts or radio stories.

That said, if you are planning to conduct an interview over Zoom or another internet service, there are some steps you can take to increase your chances of getting decent audio.

You can arrange to conduct the interview over Zoom or another service, but ask your guest to record a voice memo on their phone during the call in order to get higher-quality audio that they can send you after the interview is finished. While this involves asking your guest to do a little bit of work, if everything goes as planned, you’ll almost always end up with a recording that sounds more natural than what you’d get by recording a Zoom call. You can use a voice recorder on your phone to record your own voice if you want to save a memo, practice a speech or speaking a new language, or for just about any other purpose.īut voice recorder apps are also useful if you’re conducting an interview with another person. Here’s an example showing the difference, using two clips recorded at exactly the same time: one recorded on the smartphone itself, and the other recorded remotely over the phone line: Phone tape: Voice recorder app running on the phone: When done properly, this will give you a recording that sounds much better than a typical phone call. In this article I’m going to explain how to make a high-quality audio recording using a voice recorder app on your phone.

Left to right: Apple Voice Memos (iOS) / Google Recorder (Android) / Simple Voice Recorder (Android)
