My Ex Left Me This Voice Mail Message
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Telephone Recording Device
A Dallas Divorce client asked me a question last week: My ex left me a really hateful voice mail message – how can I preserve that voice mail message in case we need to use it in the future?
Here’s an answer…. This telephone recording device that I found at Radio Shack. You put part of it in your ear and the other end sticks out a bit. Plug it into a handheld recording device — I use one that records digitally and you can download into the computer as an mp3 file.
So, hook up the device and set it to start recording; dial your voice mail and let it play while you record. Then download into the computer and save it forever.
A couple of hints… if you share your computer with your kids, you might password protect the voice mail file so your kids can’t listen.
Also, if you get an urge to record live telephone conversations, please keep in mind that the law only allows you to record a telephone conversation to which you are a party. If you are participating on the phone, you can record your conversation. Understand, you cannot record your children’s conversations, your spouse’s conversations, or any other conversations where you are not a part of the exchange. That would be a violation of federal law!
