[NTLUG:Discuss] Software recommendations

[Stuart Johnston]

steve wrote:
> Rick Cook wrote:
> 
>> I seem to recall that the software would record both sides of a conversation 
>> if both the modem and a person answered a call.
> 
> That's actually completely unavoidable.
> 
> The telephone circuit at the telephone exchange feeds a little of your
> own voice back into the earpiece because without it the line sounds
> somehow 'dead'.  That being the case, it's impossible to avoid recording
> your own outgoing conversation - at least at some reduced volume level
> because it's mixed into the incoming sound.
> 
> These days, that ancient anachronism is a pain in the neck for computers
> and telephones - it would be much better if the telephone handset itself
> did that - but plain old telephones and telephone exchanges havn't
> changed much over the past 50 years - so don't expect that to change
> anytime soon!

Do cell phones do that too?  I often get an echo of myself when using a 
cell phone.  Maybe it is just out of sync?