How to Record Your Skype Calls For Free
October 5, 2010 by Evan Kline 
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There are a few reasons that you might need to record your Skype audio calls. Perhaps you want to cherish and save all those calls that you make with loved ones, or maybe you conduct interviews for a podcast. Whatever the reason, CallGraph provides a quick and easy way to record your Skype audio conversations.
CallGraph integrates effortlessly with Skype. After Skype has started, a simple press of CallGraph’s Record button is all that is needed to record your call. You can also set CallGraph to automatically record all Skype calls. CallGraph gives you the option of recording to mp3 or wav format, and puts no time restriction on the duration of your recording.
CallGraph won’t replace high end audio equipment that can record audio channels separately, but for quick and easy recording, CallGraph is hard to beat. But remember, aside from common courtesy, most states prohibit the recording of a conversation without the consent of the person on the other end. CallGraph is Windows only.
What other tools do you use to record Skye calls? Let us know in the comments.
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“But remember, aside from common courtesy, most states prohibit the recording of a conversation without the consent of the person on the other end.”
Here’s a handy guide. I can’t guarantee that this is 100% accurate, but at a high level, it matches up with what I’ve seen from other sources.
http://www.rcfp.org/taping/quick.html
I saw an interesting thought about this a month or so ago. Some comapanies have an automated voice that informs you that a call “may” be recorded.
The word “may” has several definitions.
It can be used to express a possibility (similar to usage of “might”) – for example, “we may see an end to our heat wave today”.
However, it can also be used to express permission (“you may leave the table”).
If you are in a state that requires consent of all parties, could you argue that this constitutes the other party granting their consent?
Considering that the companies could have easily chosen less ambiguous language, I wonder if the courts would be more likely to side with the little guy.
Of course, many of these messages contain restrictions “this call may be recorded for training puposes”, so that even if this constituted consent, it would only be consent to those specific purposes.
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Great list, and I love your point about “may be” recorded. Most I’ve heard, though, do contain the “training purposes” language, but I’m going to keep my ears out for ones that don’t (not that I have any impending plans to record anything, but more out of curiosity).