Olympus TP-8 Telephone Pick Up Microphone

Last week I went to a local branch of a national electronics chain, to find something to allow me to record both sides of phone calls, and was advised to buy two separate gadgets by their adviser, who assured me these would allow me to record calls on my cordless landline (one was the small 'retel' box type device, which plugs directly into the phone line; the other was an amplifying device, a basic suction cup, to stick directly onto the phone - total cost of £28). Having spent 2 days testing them over and over again, only to discover that neither worked, at all. The caller's voice was completely inaudible when recording were played back, so I returned them for a refund. Their tech guy said the gadgets they'd sold me "work perfectly well for other customers" (!!), and when I offered to replay him my recordings, to prove the caller's voice was completely inaudible, he declined, then told me the fault was "not the gadgets", but the fact I had a "BT Cordless phone" (!), even though, as I pointed out to him, one of the gadgets was clearly labelled as being "suitable for all cordless phones". Anyway, that's why I ended up on here searching for something for easy and clear recording of both sides of 'phone calls. I opted for this gadget, partly due to the reasonable price, and also having already had to return one of the retel box type recorders, as already explained. I'm glad I did, as this little gadget has proved to be an excellent and affordable solution (I use it with a Sony PX333 Voice Recorder. It's so easy to use, and is great as I can also record calls to my mobile just as easily as to the landline, and it is portable (can take it out with me to use with mobile if necessary). The caller's voice is (so far!) recording perfectly and clearly. I did initially hesitate before buying this, as thought maybe wearing the earpiece when using the phone might be a bit cumbersome or uncomfortable, but it's not at all - having the earpiece in my ear is no problem, even on lengthy calls (there are three different sized adaptors included). Forget the more expensive gadgets, this little gadget is simply brilliant... and affordable too.

It works very, very, very well. And would have got 5 stars if the cable wasn't so flimsy up by the mic. I'm not heavy handed and treat it very carefully but for the price it needs to be better reinforced at that point.

* Physical This microphone allows clearer recordings through telephones to be made. This is when a microphone connected to a digital voice recorder that gives power to the mic such as Olympus own brands for example. This TP-8 is a otherwise identical to the previous TP-7 Microphone. This microphone allows good quality telephony recordings to be made with it. This microphone sits in your ear and when you turn the device on, you can talk to the other caller and both your voice and the other caller voice can be clearly heard. It works both with landlines and mobiles no problems. * Tips This microphone has a 3.5 mm jack on a meter long cable designed to be inserted into the 'MIC' port on your recorder and the microphone end in your ear. I would like to add if you can, please choose between 'voice' and 'music', and go for 'voice'. This means you can alter the quality of your voice telephone recordings .Also consider the 'Menu' selection of your digital recorder and choose its 'Rec Mode.' This means you experiment and select one that has enough recording quality for your needs. I recommend you try them out in turn and select one that's right for you, but (i.m.h.o) 'HQ' (Hi Quality) is great for this type of recording. And Microphone sense 'Mic Sense' to 'Dic' (dictaphone) can help too. Just a thought, if you have not used your digital recorder for a while, and its battery has run down and it seems dead even after fitting a new battery, try connecting the recorder to a USB port on your computer and it may come back to life again. This repair worked for me! * Summary This microphone works well, gives user variable quality to recordings; the bigger the files, the better the recording quality. The price of this is great and is cheaper than the TP-7 it replaces.

I like this, it fits in your ear and you put the phone to the same ear, it has a through and through mike so it plays the call into your ear and at the same time down the wire to whatever recording device it is plugged into (I'm told they even work with PC's though I haven't tried it yet. I'm not sure how it picks up your side of the conversation but it does. Only drawback is if you move the phone around you get that plastic on plastic clunking in your recording when it hits the mike/speaker. Apart from that it's as good as you would expect, perhaps overpriced though.

Un po' costoso, è ottimo per lo scopo per il quale è stato concepito, permettere di registrare mentre si parla al telefono. Ovviamente quando lo si usa non è possibile usare contemporaneamente gli auricolari o il vivavoce. Utilizzato più volte per questo scopo, funziona benissimo anche quando l'ambiente è rumoroso, ad esempio perchè ci sono altre persone in ufficio. Piccolo e compatto, lo tengo in una tasca della custodia del registratore. Il livello di qualità è all'altezza del marchio. Consigliato a chi ha questa necessità, per effettuare registrazioni ambientali non è l'ideale e ci sono altre alternative.

A lot of the reviews here don't mention using a PC to record. Well, let me tell you that this thing works like a charm when plugged into a Windows 10 PC. You can simply plug this thing into the microphone input of your laptop or desktop computer, then launch the Voice Recorder app on Windows 10 and then click on the Record icon to start recording. This microphone is basically an omni-directional microphone that picks up sound from all directions. I also use this microphone for online Skype and Zoom meetings and it works very well. If you want to do the same, just make sure to set the microphone input to be the primary input device in your Windows 10 Settings->Sound.

Utilisé sur un dictaphone Olympus WS-853 -qui comporte d'ailleurs un mode préréglé pour l'enregistrement téléphonique-, le TP-8 restitue clairement la conversation. On entend l'interlocuteur mais aussi sa propre voix. Testé sur un téléphone fixe sans fil puis sur un smartphone, c'est parfait. De plus, les différentes tailles d'embout permettent de trouver celui qui convient le mieux à sa morphologie. La qualité est au rendez-vous et je recommande sans hésiter.

Trusty little microphone, works well when paired with my Olympus voice recorder to tape phone calls. Sound quality is decent - better on the caller's end (the user's end can sound a little muffled in the recording, especially in a noisy environment). Love that it's portable and good value.

This doesn't really need my review since it has 1400 reviews but here it is. I knew about these for a few years and didn't get one, but I'm glad I got one now and it's a tiny investment that will be really useful once in a while. It's easy to record the soundtrack of any streaming video on a computer. (I use a Windows app called iSound, but there are lots of options). Once in a while I have a call that is audio dial in only. You can record by leaving it on speakerphone and putting a small recorder by the phone, but I generally don't like speaker phone and I'm frequently typing during calls to take notes. Here's my set up. I have a tiny but high quality Sony recorder (UX560). Put on an external headset (earmuff style not earbuds) and start your call. Put the tiny Olympus TP-8 in your ear and plug into your recorder (for me UX560). That's it. One tip: I used the small earbud tip here, on the TP-8, normally I use a medium tip. Since it fits under your audio earpiece, why not make it as tiny as possible. It's not like a normal earbud where you might need a snug fit or might want to maximize sound isolation. Quality is quite good, and good enough for autotranscription (eg Otter.ai is one.)