Re: Rip It

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If your cellphone service lets you check voicemail from an external number, you could use Skype and the sound-recording software of your choice.


Posted by: neil | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 7:49 AM
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Or you could just let another squirrel in the house to recreate the craziness that I presume you're trying to capture. I mean, it's for the blog...


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 7:51 AM
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Can you forward the messages to someone who does have a microphone?


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 8:11 AM
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Got an awesome drunk-dial, huh?


Posted by: Counterfly | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 8:15 AM
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I'm guessing it's related to the Squirrel Attack on one of Becks' roommates.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 8:17 AM
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squirrel attack

Hm... seems to me the squirrel was just mindin' it's own business in the wrong place at the wrong time (although well, I guess just about any time would have been "wrong"), and was attacked by 'Smasher. So "squirrel attack" seems like an odd way of describing the incident.


Posted by: Clownaesthesiologist | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 8:26 AM
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Hmm. This is going to have to go via the analogue hole - most[^]all voicemail systems are all done in SS7, so there is no obvious way of exporting it to IT-world, and anyway your telco probably won't like it. (Damn, voicemail I could export and attach to stuff would be useful. As it is, it's just e-mail that takes longer to process and doesn't do anything useful.)

Search through your device's menus for a voice recorder option - most phones do have one, and most recent ones will produce an MP3 file. You might be able to run it during the message. Then IR/Bluetooth/cable it to the desktop.


Posted by: Alex | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 8:27 AM
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What kind of a gadget is it?


Posted by: Alex | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 8:31 AM
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When Armsmasher Attacks!

Tom knows how to pull hysterical voicemails off the phone and convert them to MP3s (damnit).


Posted by: Armsmasher | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 8:56 AM
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Well, if you're planning to ruin someone's life you should probably start by getting a lawyer.


Posted by: John Emerson | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 8:58 AM
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8 - It's a T-Mobile Sidekick.


Posted by: Becks | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 9:12 AM
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Sidekick

Perhaps the ideal device for a Mineshaft user. (I was just trying to remember this morning who it was that had described Unfogged as a gathering place for sidekicks -- anybody help me out here?)


Posted by: Clownaesthesiologist | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 9:14 AM
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Voila. I don't know how useful that'll be, though (mostly I just wanted to link to Smasher's voicemail again). Those are mac-specific instructions, but if you google around for "skypecast" you should be able to find details on how to capture sound from phone calls -- it's actually somewhat easier on the PC than the Mac, I believe.

The only potentially hard part is figuring out how to get into your VM system from a number other than your cell. On most systems I've used that can be accomplished by dialing in, waiting for the recorded prompt to leave a message, and then hitting the star key.


Posted by: tom | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 10:06 AM
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I just remembered/read that you're using T-Mobile -- yeah, the star key should definitely work. If you're okay with temporarily changing your VM password and sending it to me, I can probably handle the extraction for you.


Posted by: tom | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 10:07 AM
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12: Not sidekicks, Hero Support.


Posted by: Todd | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 10:11 AM
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You can save sound to an MP3 through the MMS menu. Not sure if you can do that whilst a call is open, though.

(See here


Posted by: Alex | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 10:27 AM
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And a big Thank You to Tom! I forwarded him the message and he's going to see if he can work some magic.


Posted by: Becks | Link to this comment | 01-17-07 11:52 AM
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