USB Phone 2 PC Feature Comparison
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| Features | Basic | Advanced | Call Center |
| Annotation Allows insertion of a new sound, recorded from the telephone or from a microphone at the beginning or end of a sound file. |
no | yes | yes |
| Announcement Manager Enables playback or pre-recorded announcement files through the handset when certain events happen such as pressing a button on the main screen or automatically when a recording starts. |
no | yes | yes |
| Auto File Naming Recorded files are automatically named using certain parameters such as sequential file naming or date and time. It also allows defining a prefix for file names. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Auto Open Sound Files Enable auto-opening .wav and other Phone2PC proprietary sound files when double-clicked from Windows Explorer. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Automatic Recording Level Automatically adjusts the recording volume when the two conversation parties present sound volume that are too distinct. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Beep at End of File Sounds a beep when playback reaches end of file. |
no | no | no |
| Beep While Recording Emits a beep every 15 seconds during a voice recording. The beep is conforming to most state regulations regarding telephone conversation recording. (Can be disabled if desired). |
yes | yes | yes |
| Bookmark trim Allows cutting segments of sound using bookmark position. |
no | yes | yes |
| Bookmarks Placeholders created at recording or playback time. Mark position in the recording so you can playback from that point at a later time. |
no | yes | yes |
| Call Center Modes Includes Logger and On Demand modes. |
no | no | yes |
| COM Interface Enables other programs to control Phone2PC via a set of commands. |
no | yes | yes |
| File Converter Utility that allows conversion of one sound codec/format to another |
yes | yes | yes |
| File Merger Utility that makes possible to concatenate several sound files into one. |
yes | yes | yes |
| File Properties Allows defining certain properties such as title, author and notes to a file. Properties set for a file are searchable using the File Search feature. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Foot Pedal Recording Control (1) Implements recording control using a PS/2 footpedal. |
yes | yes | no |
| Global Hotkeys for Recording and Stopping Allows defining and using a hotkey combination that will start and stop recording from any application in Windows. |
yes | yes | yes |
| GSM Compressed sound wave format specially designed for telephone voice transmission and recording. Uses 95KB per minute of voice recording. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Local Machine (1) When enabled, redirects all registry savings to HK_LOCAL_MACHINE instead of HK_CURRENT_USER. |
no | yes | yes |
| On Demand mode Enables switching to On Demand mode from main screen. |
no | yes | yes |
| Password for modes Demand typing a password to switch from one mode to another. |
no | no | yes |
| Pause while recording Without this feature, it is not possible to pause the application while recording. Added for security reasons. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Playback Speed Control playback speed without pitch changes. |
no | yes | yes |
| Playback Through the Handset Allows playback of sounds or pre-recorded voice files over the handset. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Proprietary Encrypted File (1) Files generated by Phone2PC will be encrypted and only readable by the appropriate Phone2PC edition that generated that file. |
no | yes | no |
| Record From Current Position Allows recording a telephone conversation over an existing sound file, starting at a given position. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Recording Feedback Enables Phone2PC to playback a recording through speakers while it is being recorded. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Recording Scheduler Allows the user to program pre-defined dates and times for the recording to start and stop. |
no | yes | yes |
| File Search Offers a powerful search engine that will recursively search .wav files for a given string. It searches on file names, bookmark titles and notes and all property fields. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Silence Warning If during a recording no sound is detected for a given length of time, a pop-up window will show up warning the user about that situation. |
yes | yes | yes |
| Sound Editor Allows sound manipulation as cut and crop, as well as graphical visualization of .wav sound. |
no | yes | yes |
| Transcription (PS/2 Footpedal) (1) Includes message handlers for key hooks and counter window. |
yes | yes | no |
| Transcription (USB Footpedal) (1) Handles the USB version of the footpedal. Needs to be deployed together with hidwatch.dll. |
yes | yes | no |
| Voice Activation Enables recording by detecting telephone conversation. |
no | yes | yes |
| View Basic | View Advanced | View Call Center | |
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(1) Optional feature - must be requested at additional charge |
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