Sound recorder

Record sound directly in the field with your NaturaList application. As it happens with images, the sound will be linked to an observation and its details.

As a call and/or song may be unpredictable, there is a quick access to camera and microphone that allows you to record sound before entering place and species. It is still possible to do it the standard way as you enter the observation.

Sound can be recorded at two different stages:

• as additional information after entering the observation (see wiki section Mobile interface > Directly in the field > Plus > Media for details.
  
• before entering the observation (see below for details).
  

Except for some protocols (requires special rights to access them), it is currently not possible to do playback from NaturaList.

To record sound before entering your observation:

1. Open NaturaList as usual.
2. Use quick key "Blue microphone" (number 3 in image below) to open the sound recorder.

3. Once in the recording module, press the "yellow microphone" icon (number 2 on image NaturaList Sound recorder step 1) to start recording.
4. Stop the record at any point with the stop button (number 3 on image NaturaList sound recorder step 2).
5. Adjust the part of the recording to keep, minimum size for recording is 3 seconds (number 7 on image NaturaList sound recorder step 3). It is only possible to listen the recording at this stage.

1. Close: Click to exit the sound recorder tool. No sound is recorded, return to home screen. 2. Start: Click to start recording. A live spectrogram is shown while the recorder is working. 3. Stop: Click to stop recording. The minimum time of recording is 3 seconds. 4. Time: Indicates the time of the recording in progress. 5. Live spectrogram: Spectrogram ben recorded in real time. 6. Play: Click to hear the recording. 7. Adjust: Resize the recording (minimum size required is 3 seconds). 8. Full spectrogram: Spectrogram of the full recording. 9. Move: Navigate through the recording to be at the right time where the interesting part is.

6. Validate. Confirms the sound selection and open the map to enter the data linked to that sound. Do not forget now step 7 to enter your observation as usual (Place, Species, Details...), otherwise your sound is not saved and you will loose it!

7. Enter the observation as usual (you are taken directly to the "Place" screen described in wiki section Mobile interface > Submitting records > Directly in the field > Place.