While there might be a lot of different options and answers, among the easiest is to rely on an audio recording application built especially for recording voice chat features on IM. The following list includes my most favorite recorders, based on testing conducted for About.com:
HotRecorder: My most favorite audio chat recorder also just so happens to be an application heavy with options and opportunities. In addition to recording conversations on Skype, AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Net2Phone and Firefly, HR users also can utilize PC voicemail for Google Talk and Skype and a suite of sound effects known as Emotisounds for use during your audio chats. This absolutely amazing suite also includes an audio converter for turning those captured conversations into an MP3, WAV or Oggfile.
Price: $14.95. Free limited trial offered on website.
Requirements
- Windows 2003 / Windows XP
- 400 MHz processor
- 128 MB RAM
- 15 MB free hard drive disk space
- 30 MB free disk space for temporary files
- Recording requires sound card
- Emotisounds require full duplex sound card
- Speakers and microphone
- Internet connection
MX Skype: IM users looking for a simple application to capture their audio chats with should consider MX Skype. This recorder offers support for Skype, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk, in addition to a number of VoIP applications. Includes options for compressing files into MP3 or WAV format.
Price: $14.95 basic version/$24.95 professional. Free limited, 30-day trial available online.
Requirements
- Windows 2000 and above, including Vista
- 64 MB memory
- 1 MB for program files/storage
Powergramo: Skype users will like Powergramo’s great features, including automatic call recording, IM logging with attached audio chat recordings, music sharing capabilities during audio chats and support for MP3, WAV, Oggfiles and WMA. An extremely powerful application for Skype.
Price: $14.95 basic version/$24.95 standard/$34.95 professional. Free limited trial available online.
Requirements
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Sound card for recording
vEmotion: Beyond audio call recording, vEmotion offers users an exciting set of features, including audio emoticons users can play during audio chats, text-to-speech capabilities for users without a microphone, audio greeting recording and broadcast and the ability to take notes on top of recordings while in session. vEmotion supports AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Sky and more.
Price: $19.95 basic version/$29.95 standard/$39.95 professional. Free limited trial available online.
Requirements
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Sound card for recording
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