I had reported only yesterday of how Erica Sadun at Tuaw, a iPhone hacking genius had delivered on a promise made by Steve Jobs of a voice recorder in the iPhone by releasing her own version of the iPhone voice recording utility. As you would expect she got a very good response to her iPhone hack with some of them asking her whether they could have their recorded audio show up in voicemail.
She has just posted an article on how this can be done.
If you haven't read the article on the voice recording utility (see iPhoneHacks.com, 09/08/2007, Steve Jobs promises iPhone voice recorder, hacker delivers) do give it a read. The audio recorded using the iPhone hack gets stored in adaptive multi-rate format (.amr) files.
This is where the next hack comes in, it is a shell script that allows you to trick the iPhone into thinking that the amr files that were recorded using the iPhone voice recorder utility added to the voicemail folder are actual voicemails.
Before we go further let me warn you that unfortunately like the previous iPhone hack this one too isn't really for the not so technically inclined.
To make this work you need to do the following (as always don't forget to read the disclaimer):
1. Port sqlite3 to the iPhone, download link here.
2. Copy a csh script, which can be downloaded here.
3. Copy a Time utility, download link here.
Once you have followed the above steps, run the script by passing the amr file as an argument e.g. myvoice.amr, The script copies the amr file to the voicemail folder and updates the voicemail database to make it think that the voicemail was received at the present time thus forcing the voicemail software to re-read the database so that it adds this new file as a new voice message.
You then need to enter the phone application and quit it by holding down the home button for 4-8 seconds. If you re-enter the phone application again you should see the recording as new new voice message from "VoiceRecorder".
Folks, do let me know if this works for you.
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Still trying to figure out how to install the original working version. Anyone have detailed instructions on how to build the binary after download? i tried using WINSCP but nothing happens. Please help this voice recorder would be an awesome feature for me since I currently use a dictation machine to record daily information. I got $30 for anyone who can supply me with a detailed how to including the build, snowjibn@hotmail.com Thanks
Never mind I just figured out how to install the original App. This is way to cool. Thanks Erica, you rock!!!
Hey Kevin,
That's excellent, it would be great if you can share a detailed how to based on your experience for the benefit of the fellow readers.
cheers,
iPhone Hacks
no problem but you do realize I was talking about the original install of VRecord and not the voicemail update right? If yes, i can post my detailed instructions on how i got it to work.
Still trying the new voicemail update but no luck so far.
no problem but you do realize I was talking about the original install of VRecord and not the voicemail update right? If yes, i can post my detailed instructions on how i got it to work.
Still trying the new voicemail update but no luck so far.
Yeah I was referring to the original install, maybe it would be a good idea sharing it in the comment of the original post.
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2007/08/voice-recorder.html
Thanks a ton.
Are you a programmer? probably a dumb question seeing what you have already accomplished with the iphone, I should assume you are a programmer. Nice work on both screenshot and voice record! Stevo needs to hire you so we can get things rolling with the iphone.
Anyways, do you have step by step yet for the voicerecord on voicemail hack? Or even a better idea of how to do it on Windows PC? i tried the normal install steps for apps and i came up with nothing. This port thing is new to me, what is the command to run it? thanks in advance. Do you have a paypal accoutn we can submit donations to?
It would be a good idea to post your queries for this particular iPhone hack to Erica Sadun @ Tuaw.
The original post by Erica of the iPhone hacks is here:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/09/trick-your-iphone-voicemail-into-using-voice-recording-data/
Hope this helps.
hello, none of the download links work , can you please check them and update.
thank you