Found Hidden Voice Recorder!

wcarlson40 · 10/18/2009, 10:13 PM

Well, it's really not that exciting, but it does work (at least for proof of concept)...

Go to Device Info, scroll down and select More Info.
Then Click Preferences (the menu) and select Interactive Tests
Select Audio, and leave just Phone checked, and select Start
Hit Yes (to "Did you hear the sound?")
And there is your Voice Recorder app...

It'll only record 1 message (as long as you leave it running as a card), but it'll at least let you leave yourself a message while driving in the car until you can transcribe it into a handwritten memo.

More importantly, though, it proves it is possible (prior posts stated the Pre didn't have the hardware, or we had to wait for xyz API's from palm, etc). Even an quick start link to the above "app" would be helpful, but I'm sure it could be "hacked" into a full app?

neve · 10/18/2009, 10:40 PM

Far out! Nice discovery.

windzilla · 10/18/2009, 10:55 PM

wow great find surprised it wasn't found earlier

jhoff80 · 10/18/2009, 11:00 PM

Hmmm, interesting. While an official API for record is still sorely needed, it seems that maybe it might be possible for apps with the com.palm. namespace to take advantage of that.

If you want to take a look at the function, look at /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.crotest/app/controllers/audioTelephone-assistant.js at around line 175 or /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.crotest/app/controllers/audioHeadsetMicrophone-assistant.js at line 210.

a1aone · 10/18/2009, 11:07 PM

I tried the all of the test once before and noticed that! Not very handy though!

mystyal · 10/18/2009, 11:13 PM

Nice find, thanks.

cawkblocker · 10/18/2009, 11:38 PM

awesome! someone do a 'I am T-Pain' port now lol

bruba · 10/18/2009, 11:54 PM

Is this new in 1.2? Great found!

I hope they're smart enough to turn this into an app. Maybe they'll include it in their upcoming recorder (so you can choose if you want to record video or just audio).

DrewPre · 10/19/2009, 12:17 AM

yea, I did kinda feel this was an app that was missing from the Pre. Of course next I'll want to record phone conversations.

Achill3s · 10/19/2009, 12:41 AM

That has been there since launch day. It's not new. Until the SDK can you give us access to it, it's kinda of just an idle "hurry and wait" mode. Lol

d.moss · 10/19/2009, 01:34 AM

i wonder if the folks at webos internals know bout this! we really should keep this thread alive because i'm sure if dieter or anyone else on the editorial staff knew about this we would have seen it on the front page! we must spread the word! lol

Jason Robitaille · 10/19/2009, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d.moss

i wonder if the folks at webos internals know bout this! we really should keep this thread alive because i'm sure if dieter or anyone else on the editorial staff knew about this we would have seen it on the front page! we must spread the word! lol

I did mention it when I was a guest on the PalmCast not too long ago, pretty sure he knows

sreyes · 10/19/2009, 05:08 AM

ive notice this b4.. if you guys ever did the test.. it tells you to speak into the phone then when your done you can play it back to se if you can here it.. i think its to test the mic..... if that is what your talking about

donm527 · 10/19/2009, 05:28 AM

No hone has said it's not possible. It's just not available to developers in the SDK to use properly. That's why you won't see apps like Shazam in the app store until it is available for developers. Can they find a way to utilitze it and put an app in homebrew? Most likely.

ccs86 · 11/06/2009, 09:07 AM

Bump

jennyroseanne · 11/19/2009, 12:35 AM

well it proves pre is able my test only allowed about a 3 second msg.
when I selected done & returned to test & hit playback the msg was gone.
but if didn't press done & kept card open the recording prrsisted.

jordan23945bulls · 11/19/2009, 01:27 AM

wow really you didn't know this?

dutshep · 11/19/2009, 09:37 PM

I really would like to record phone conversations....

pico23 · 11/19/2009, 10:41 PM

What this proves is how weak the palm SDK is, and how few documented APIs there are.

Now this can be a negative, or a positive. I have 15 months left on the Pre till I can upgrade, so I am very patiently going to enjoy it as the SDK gets more robust and the phone evolves.

This phone has pretty decent hardware (on par with iphone 3GS and Droid) so its going to do fine as the SDK evolves into WebOS 2.0 and beyond.

deafinoneear · 11/20/2009, 01:48 AM

Quote:

I have 15 months left on the Pre till I can upgrade,...

If you're on Sprint, you have 3 (assuming you're talking about the standard 2 year contract-- Sprint only makes you wait a year before they'll subsides a new phone for you.)

10/18/2009, 10:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
wcarlson40 Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 470 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 6 Thanked 17 Times in 8 Posts	Found Hidden Voice Recorder! Well, it's really not that exciting, but it does work (at least for proof of concept)... Go to Device Info, scroll down and select More Info. Then Click Preferences (the menu) and select Interactive Tests Select Audio, and leave just Phone checked, and select Start Hit Yes (to "Did you hear the sound?") And there is your Voice Recorder app... It'll only record 1 message (as long as you leave it running as a card), but it'll at least let you leave yourself a message while driving in the car until you can transcribe it into a handwritten memo. More importantly, though, it proves it is possible (prior posts stated the Pre didn't have the hardware, or we had to wait for xyz API's from palm, etc). Even an quick start link to the above "app" would be helpful, but I'm sure it could be "hacked" into a full app?
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10/18/2009, 10:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
neve Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 257 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 63 Thanked 45 Times in 32 Posts	Far out! Nice discovery.
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10/18/2009, 10:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
windzilla Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Woo, MA Posts: 1,438 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 287 Thanked 464 Times in 250 Posts	wow great find surprised it wasn't found earlier
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10/18/2009, 11:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
jhoff80 Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Boston-area Posts: 6,973 Likes Received: 116 Thanks: 418 Thanked 1,252 Times in 710 Posts	Hmmm, interesting. While an official API for record is still sorely needed, it seems that maybe it might be possible for apps with the com.palm. namespace to take advantage of that. If you want to take a look at the function, look at /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.crotest/app/controllers/audioTelephone-assistant.js at around line 175 or /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.crotest/app/controllers/audioHeadsetMicrophone-assistant.js at line 210.
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10/18/2009, 11:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
a1aone Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Show me state! Posts: 122 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	I tried the all of the test once before and noticed that! Not very handy though!
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10/18/2009, 11:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
mystyal Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 15 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice find, thanks.
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10/18/2009, 11:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
cawkblocker Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 31 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 13 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	awesome! someone do a 'I am T-Pain' port now lol
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10/18/2009, 11:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
bruba Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 752 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 96 Thanked 218 Times in 78 Posts	Is this new in 1.2? Great found! I hope they're smart enough to turn this into an app. Maybe they'll include it in their upcoming recorder (so you can choose if you want to record video or just audio).
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10/19/2009, 12:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
DrewPre Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The HARD Streets of Alpharetta, GA Posts: 829 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 44 Thanked 176 Times in 92 Posts	yea, I did kinda feel this was an app that was missing from the Pre. Of course next I'll want to record phone conversations.
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10/19/2009, 12:41 AM	#10 (permalink)
Achill3s Forum Moderator Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,999 Likes Received: 59 Thanks: 262 Thanked 539 Times in 392 Posts	That has been there since launch day. It's not new. Until the SDK can you give us access to it, it's kinda of just an idle "hurry and wait" mode. Lol __________________ Achill3s' Palm Pre: Modded and patched to death!!
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10/19/2009, 01:34 AM	#11 (permalink)
d.moss Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 541 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 24 Thanked 70 Times in 41 Posts	i wonder if the folks at webos internals know bout this! we really should keep this thread alive because i'm sure if dieter or anyone else on the editorial staff knew about this we would have seen it on the front page! we must spread the word! lol
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10/19/2009, 05:08 AM	#13 (permalink)
sreyes Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NY/NJ Posts: 47 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 28 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	ive notice this b4.. if you guys ever did the test.. it tells you to speak into the phone then when your done you can play it back to se if you can here it.. i think its to test the mic..... if that is what your talking about
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10/19/2009, 05:28 AM	#14 (permalink)
donm527 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,718 Likes Received: 94 Thanks: 54 Thanked 139 Times in 107 Posts	No hone has said it's not possible. It's just not available to developers in the SDK to use properly. That's why you won't see apps like Shazam in the app store until it is available for developers. Can they find a way to utilitze it and put an app in homebrew? Most likely.
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11/19/2009, 12:35 AM	#16 (permalink)
jennyroseanne Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	well it proves pre is able my test only allowed about a 3 second msg. when I selected done & returned to test & hit playback the msg was gone. but if didn't press done & kept card open the recording prrsisted.
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11/19/2009, 01:27 AM	#17 (permalink)
jordan23945bulls Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles,CA Posts: 1,748 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 63 Thanked 189 Times in 147 Posts	wow really you didn't know this?
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11/19/2009, 09:37 PM	#18 (permalink)
dutshep Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I really would like to record phone conversations....
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11/19/2009, 10:41 PM	#19 (permalink)
pico23 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 144 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 11 Thanked 24 Times in 18 Posts	What this proves is how weak the palm SDK is, and how few documented APIs there are. Now this can be a negative, or a positive. I have 15 months left on the Pre till I can upgrade, so I am very patiently going to enjoy it as the SDK gets more robust and the phone evolves. This phone has pretty decent hardware (on par with iphone 3GS and Droid) so its going to do fine as the SDK evolves into WebOS 2.0 and beyond.
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