As this article says, new products arrive regularly to record Skype calls. The question for most people is why anyone, outside of the NSA, wants to record phone calls?
The answer comes from the fact many companies are now using Skype for their teleconferencing needs. Special phones (like this and this) from manufacturers support PC connections for Skype calls, seeking to become the Polycom starfish phone of choice for Skype calls. And Polycom has their own options as well.
Since few teleconferences include everyone who needs to hear the information on the actual call, an easy way to record those calls makes that information available for later listening. Keeping audio recordings of calls also eliminates those "my notes versus your notes" arguments that often erupt in meetings about previous meetings.
You can use one of many Skype-to-regular-phone adapters, but then you lose one of the best advantages of Skype for teleconferencing: the wider frequency range provided by Skype. Phones built for Skype support much lower and higher frequencies than the traditional telephone network can transmit (early equipment limitations and expense limited the Bell System to about 300-3000Hz). Using a regular teleconference phone with a Skype adapter cuts off the extra frequencies Skype transmits.
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Recording Skype for personal use
I use Pamela, the system that links with Skype primarily for the times I am talking with credit card companies, health insurance providers... all companies that regularly record ME. I use the function that advises that the call is being taped, of course, to keep it legal.
It is remarkable how attentive, polite and helpful a health insurance provider can be when they know they are being taped.
I have also used it in cases where I was talking to a client with whom we had a dispute.
How PowerGramo has helped me
After a disasterous experience with Pamela Recorder, I next turned to PowerGramo and I have never had any cause to be disappointed. Since I partly use Skype for business calls, I've often found that keeping a recording of a phone call helps when chasing bad debts or negotiating agreements. In a "he says, she says" situation, having a MP3 file of the phone call can make the problem go away instantly or the call recording can be used in court as evidence if you're collecting a bad debt. In this way, PowerGramo has helped me much.
PowerGramo can also be
PowerGramo can also be configured to record skype for business purpose. I have 13 computers running skype in company, connected in a single local network. I have installed PowerGramo on all of them and save skype call records on a server computer by the network connection. Then I manage records by PowerGramo on the server computer collectively. All things got very simple.