sound activated surveillance?

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why not just give radio shack $20 for a small voice activated recorder

<anon6111@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi group,
>
> I've recently rescued an abused puppy from a shelter and suspect that
> she is barking/howling when we are out of the house. The neighbors
> haven't complained (yet) but I'd like to get a feel for how much noise
> she is making. I've seen plenty of motion activated webcam systems
> (Uviewit seems like a great product for the price) but I haven't seen
> anything that is sound activated.
>
> Has anybody come across such a system? I've also thought of using a
> Uviewit type system and just having it record all the time, however the
> website doesn't mention if it records sound as well as video. Any
> comments?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Ash.
>

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now you need to schedule tasks to schedule voice files,
'Get off the Couch !" "Don't you drink out of that toilet." "Quit that"

<anon6111@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Guys I ended up buying a cheap MP3 player with a record function and
> using that to record what the dog was getting up to during the day. The
> MP3 player records to a .wav file which I transferred to my laptop. I
> then used a free audio editing suite (AVS Audio Tools) to get a visual
> representation of the waveform which enabled me to zoom in on those
> times that there were sounds of interest.
>
> I'm happy to report the dog hardly barks at all.
>
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
>
>
> Ash.
>