G-Recorder earns my trust for interviews

September 6, 2010

Since learning to rely on G-Recorder earlier this year, I’ve found that the biggest benefit is how it allows me to listen. As long as I see the microphone and envelope icon beating in the tray, I can relax knowing the call is being recorded.

Image G-Recorder shows when working

G-Recorder icon pulsates to show it's working

I still take notes, both as insurance and for interviews where the recording is simply a backup − but not copious notes, which boosts my concentration.

My need for “insurance” caused my one snag with G-Recorder. In an early interview, I captured the receptionist but not the call transfer to the client giving me the brain dump for his book. At the time I felt fortunate that I had also recorded this two-hour interview on Pamela, my old system. G-Recorder sent an update with a solution, but also said that using two recorders was likely the problem.

I haven’t had a conflict since I stopped also using Pamela. I prefer to trust the real insurance, which is that G-Recorder puts one copy on my hard drive and keeps one in the Gmail cloud.

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