telephone recordings

One lesson I have learned is the difficulty of recording and then transcribing and interview conducted over the phone. I recently conducted an interview with the director of the Shanghai international program, the subject of my project, using a skype internet connection. I then attempted to record the conversation with my digital recorder. Although I managed, the audio quality of the of the recording made it very difficult to transcribe. In the future, if I have to conduct an interview over the phone I will look into a device that plugs in to the phone in order to obtain a better recording.