When I first became a reporter, I bought one of those little mics you could suction-cup to a telephone to record interviews. That was some gadget, except for having to tape it to the handset because the suction cup sometimes popped off.
You can still buy this kind of microphone or use your smartphone with an app called Yallo. A simple interface lets you record incoming calls, share the recorded conversation with an associate or have recordings transcribed and automatically sent to email.
Yallo debuted in the iTunes store about a month ago and has been downloaded more than 120,000 times, according to the company based in Tel Aviv in Israel. The app was first available for Android and quickly earned a place on several “Best Apps” lists.
Call recording is not the only reason the app has been popular, especially in the business community. Yallo users can make low-cost international calls, log in to their account on another device and attach a caption to a phone call to let the person you’re calling know what you want to talk to them about. Voice mails can be transcribed and sent to email and Yallo will automatically redial any call that gets dropped.
Yallo is a free download, however there are some costs when calling with the app. A tab in the upper right lets you see the Yallo rate for the area you are calling. Incoming calls are free as are Yallo to Yallo calls.
All Yallo communications are stored on cloud-based servers and the company promises complete security and privacy.
David Pierini is a former newspaper writer and long-time photographer. Considered a luddite by most of his friends, they did not believe him when he broke the news that he would be writing for a technology website. He is fascinated by human nature and would love to cultivate stories about the people driving the tech bus. Reach out to him at [email protected].
9 responses to “New iPhone app Yallo lets you record your conversations”
You must call their server which then records the call. You can’t record calls directly on the iPhone without going through a call server.
Root your phone and you can with Super Recoder available on Cydia.
Hi, I’m the CTO of Yallo. When making calls it does go through our servers which allows us to seamlessly record them. We still keep your caller id and the other side has no indication that you are using an app to make the call.
Incoming calls are even simpler. They just call you like they are used to and we make sure it arrives to you.
One of the benefits of having it recorded not on the device is processing power and storage. It doesn’t take any space.
I understand this is an add placement but at least test the software. I installed it on my iPhone 5s and it created an issue with normal incoming calls. the call just go directly to voice mail and i even tested it on my wife’s iPhone same issue, removing the app makes the problem go away.
Really great i like the most about Yallo “low-cost international calls, log in to their account on another device and attach a caption to a phone call to let the person you’re calling know what you want to talk to them”.
Costs + online store.
Dead in twelve months.
Well I have to say
Well I have to say you do have great customer support, thank you for resolving my issue.
I was facing an issue with the application since it is not full feature compatible with my carrier but they do have great customer support, thank you for resolving my issue.