[Linganth] Equipment for phone interview?

[Ron Kuzar]

Dear Ellen,
I use a very simple and little device by TecNet called 9 Hours Digital
Recorder, model TDR-2016U. It comes with wiring for phone attachment. It
produces its own generic files, but it has a mechanism of turning them
into *.wav files.
Best wishes
Ron Kuzar
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 10:27:20 -0400
"Ellen L. Contini-Morava" <elc9j at cms.mail.virginia.edu> wrote:

> Thanks to Peter for the references about ethics/surreptitious recording.
> For the record, though, Mieka had no intention of recording anyone
> surreptitiously.  The people being interviewed would be fully aware of, and
> consent to, being recorded.  She was just asking about the technicalities
> of recording them over the phone rather than face to face.
>
> Ellen
>
> --On Wednesday, May 19, 2004 3:14 PM +0100 "Patrick, Peter L"
> <patrickp at essex.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > I address this to the linganth list since it might be more widely
> > useful.
> >
> > Mieka doesn't raise the Q of who and where she would be recording,
> > but there is detailed (if possibly slightly out-of-date) info on the
> > legality of recording, state-by-state and in US federal statutes and
> > case law,
> > in the following references:
> >
> > Murray, Thomas E., and Carmin Ross-Murray. 1992. "On the legality and
> > ethics of surreptitious recording." Publication of the American Dialect
> > Society 76: 15-75.
> >
> > Murray, Thomas E., and Carmin Ross-Murray. 1996. "Under cover of law:
> > More on the legality of surreptitious recording." Publication of the
> > American Dialect Society 79: 1-82.
> >
> > For example, in Virginia "one-party consensual recording" * is permitted
> > by statute - but of course the callers may not both be in Virginia, and
> > less
> > obviously what constitutes an "intercepting device" or an act of
> > "interception"
> > under law is not straightforward, etc. etc. Obviously, too, since this
> > law has
> > all developed out of "wiretap law", any wireless device (mobiles etc)
> > may be
> > treated differently under law.
> >
> > * "One-party consensual recording" generally means that at least one
> > person
> > (usually, in the linguist's case, the linguist or other fieldworker
> > recording
> > a call in which they participate) knows it is being recorded. Different
> > laws
> > apply in different states and to different situations. It's all quite
> > complicated,
> > really, but well worth knowing about in some detail!
> >
> > these and other sources on this general topic can be found on my webpage
> > 	http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/ethics.html
> > and I would be grateful for suggestions as to what else to include
> > there.
> > thanks,
> > 	-peter p-
> >
> > Prof Peter L Patrick
> > Dept of Language and Linguistics
> > University of Essex
> > Wivenhoe Park
> > Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
> >
> > E:  patrickp at essex.ac.uk
> > Ph:  +44 (0) 1206 87.2088
> > Web: privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-linganth at ats.rochester.edu
> >> [mailto:owner-linganth at ats.rochester.edu] On Behalf Of Ellen
> >> L. Contini-Morava
> >> Sent: 18 May 2004 13:49
> >> To: linganth at cc.rochester.edu
> >> Cc: mb3wx at virginia.edu
> >> Subject: [Linganth] Equipment for phone interview? (fwd)
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear linganth list,
> >>
> >> A grad student in our department has to conduct some phone
> >> interviews and
> >> has asked about equipment for recording them.  Can anyone
> >> help her?  If so
> >> please write to her directly.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Ellen
> >>
> >> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> >> Date: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:55 PM -0400
> >> From: Mieka  Brand <mb3wx at virginia.edu>
> >> To: elc9j at virginia.edu
> >> Subject: Equipment for phone interview?
> >>
> >> Hi Ellen,
> >> Could you please forward this to the ling-anth list?
> >> Thanks, Mieka
> >>
> >> Hello veteran recorders,
> >> I am a cultural anthropologist interested in conducting
> >> several phone interviews and am unsure about what type of
> >> equipment I might need.  I am not planning to do linguistic
> >> analysis of the interviews so will not need the highest
> >> possible quality recordings, but do want them to be nice and
> >> clear for future listenings.  Could anyone recommend a
> >> relatively cheap way to go about doing this?  Is there an
> >> easy attachment I could add on to my regular recorder? Should
> >> I try two separate recorders (one for me and one for my
> >> interviewee)? Do I need to buy a whole new recording system?
> >> Any and all advice is most welcome.  Please contact me
> >> directly at mb3wx at virginia.edu . Best, Mieka Brand
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mieka Brand
> >> University of Virginia
> >> Department of Anthropology, Carter Woodson Institute for
> >> African American
> >>    & African Studies
> >> mb3wx at virginia.edu
> >>
> >>
> >> ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

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