Yellowhammer Dialects
1.
Learn to recognize yellowhammer by appearance and by song
2.
Make sure your device is suitable for recording
3.
Find out on a map where to record
4.
Record a yellowhammer song in the field
5.
Send the recording to us
Step 2: Recording devices
> Go to the next step (Where to record)
Many widely used digital devices are suitable for recording of yellowhammer song, including some models of mobile phones and digital cameras, voice recorders, and most video cameras. If the device does not support sound recording directly but allows movie recording, the soundtrack is often of sufficient quality for identifying the yellowhammer dialects.
You may check if your device is suitable for recording in the list below. If you don't find your device there, follow this tutorial to test it yourself.
| Model | Type | Function | Suitability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown device | |||
| Apple iPhone 3G | mobile phone | suitable | |
| HTC Touch Diamond 2 | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| HTC Touch HD2 | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| HTC Touch Pro | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| Huawei U8100 | mobile phone | not suitable | |
| Nokia 2330 | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| Nokia 31!0c | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| Nokia 3120 Classic | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| Nokia 3500c | mobile phone | not suitable | |
| Nokia 5130 XpressMusic | mobile phone | not suitable | |
| Nokia 5230 | mobile phone | video | sufficient |
| Nokia 5310 XpressMusic | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| Nokia 6230i | mobile phone | not suitable | |
| Nokia 6300 | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| Nokia 6303 | mobile phone | not suitable | |
| Nokia 6700 slide | mobile phone | video | suitable |
| Nokia 6700 slide | mobile phone | suitable | |
| Nokia 7230 | mobile phone | dictaphone | not suitable |
| Nokia C5-00 | mobile phone | video | suitable |
| Nokia E51 | mobile phone | video | suitable |
| Nokia E52 | mobile phone | video | suitable |
| Nokia E66 | mobile phone | video | suitable |
| Nokia E66 | mobile phone | dictaphone | not suitable |
| Samsung Galaxy S | mobile phone | video | sufficient |
| Samsung Galaxy S | mobile phone | dictaphone | not suitable |
| Samsung S8000 Jet | mobile phone | video | sufficient or not suitable - depends on a product |
| Samsung SGH-S5230 | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| Sony Ericsson C510 | mobile phone | video | sufficient |
| Sony Ericsson J20i Hazel | mobile phone | dictaphone | not suitable |
| Sony Ericsson J20i Hazel | mobile phone | suitable | |
| Sony Ericsson K800i | mobile phone | not suitable | |
| Sony Ericsson P1i | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| Sony Ericsson U10i | mobile phone | video | suitable |
| Sony Ericsson W205 | mobile phone | dictaphone | not suitable |
| Sony Ericsson W800i | mobile phone | video | not suitable |
| Sony Ericsson W902 | mobile phone | video | sufficient |
| Canon EOS 7D | camera | suitable | |
| Canon PowerShot A3000 IS | camera | not suitable | |
| Canon PowerShot A480 | camera | not suitable | |
| Canon PowerShot A710IS | camera | not suitable | |
| Canon PowerShot G10 | camera | suitable (even recording in WAV) | |
| Canon PowerShot G9 | camera | suitable | |
| Canon PowerShot S90 | camera | suitable | |
| Canon Powershot SD1100 IS | camera | suitable (even recording in WAV) | |
| Canon Powershot SX10 IS | camera | suitable | |
| Canon PowerShot SX120 IS | camera | not suitable | |
| Canon Powershot SX20 IS | camera | suitable | |
| Nikon Coolpix L100 | camera | not suitable | |
| Nikon Coolpix P80 | camera | not suitable | |
| Nikon D90 | camera | not suitable | |
| Olympus mju 720SW | camera | not suitable | |
| Olympus SP 560-UZ | camera | not suitable | |
| Panasonic DMC FZ38 | camera | sufficient | |
| Panasonic DMC-LS85 | camera | not suitable | |
| Panasonic DMC-LZ7 | camera | not suitable | |
| Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ3 | camera | not suitable | |
| Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 | camera | not suitable | |
| Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ27 | camera | suitable | |
| Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 | camera | suitable | |
| Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P200 | camera | suitable | |
| Sony Cyber shot DSC-W350 | camera | sufficient | |
| Olympus SP-500UZ | camera | not suitable | |
| Canon Digital IXUS 870 IS | camera | suitable | |
| Panasonic DMC FZ30 | camera | not suitable | |
| Nikon COOLPIX P7000 | camera | suitable | |
| Canon PowerShot SX 210 IS | camera | suitable | |
| Canon MVX 45i při záznamu na miniDV | videocamera | suitable | |
| Canon MVX 45i při záznamu na SD | videocamera | not suitable | |
| Canon MVX4i | videocamera | suitable | |
| JVC Everio GZ-MG155E | videocamera | suitable | |
| JVC Everio GZ-MG20E | videocamera | suitable | |
| JVC Everio GZ-MG730 | videocamera | sufficient | |
| JVC Everio GZ-MS100 | videocamera | suitable | |
| JVC Piscio GC-WP10AE | videocamera | suitable (video and MP3) | |
| Panasonic HDC-SX5 | videocamera | suitable | |
| Panasonic NV-GS37 | videocamera | suitable | |
| Panasonic SDR/S7 | videocamera | suitable | |
| Sony Digital Handycam CDR-TRV320E | videocamera | suitable | |
| JVC GR-D239 | videocamera | suitable | |
| Cowon iAudio7 | other | suitable | |
| Edirol R-09HR | other | suitable | |
| Fostex FR-2 LE | other | suitable | |
| Marantz PMD-661 | other | suitable | |
| Olympus DS-50 | other | suitable | |
| Olympus DS-50 | other | not suitable | |
| Olympus LS-10 | other | suitable | |
| Olympus LS-11 | other | suitable | |
| Olympus WS-310M | other | suitable | |
| Olympus WS-550M | other | suitable | |
| Samsung YP-U3J | other | sufficient | |
| Sansa e260 | other | sufficient | |
| Sencor SFP 1240 (MP3 přehrávač) | other | suitable | |
| Sony PCM-M10 | other | suitable | |
| Stormblue A9 WO (MP3 přehrávač) | other | ||
| Teac MP-222-2GB-B | other | not suitable | |
| Yamaha Pocketrak C 24 | other | suitable | |
| Olympus VN-5500PC | other | suitable | |
| Olympus WS-110 | other | suitable | |
| Cowon S9 | other | suitable | |
| TEAC MP-275-4GB | other | not suitable | |
| IPod nano | other | suitable | |
| Canon EOS 600D | camera | video | suitable |
| Samsung Galaxy Mini | mobile phone | sufficient | |
| Samsung Galaxy Mini | mobile phone | RecForge Lite app | suitable |
| Samsung Galaxy Mini | mobile phone | dictaphone | not suitable |
| G1 Dream | mobile | not known | probably functional |
| Nokia 5800 | mobile phone | suitable | |
| Nokia N900 | mobile phone | suitable | |
| Zoom H4 | digital recorder | suitable | |
| Nikon Coolpix P310 | camera | video | suitable |
| Olympus VR-340 | camera | video | suitable |
| Pentax k-x | camera | video | suitable |
| BlackBerry Q5 | mobile phone | audio | suitable |
| Sony PCM M10 | digital recorder | suitable | |
| Cowon iAudio X5 | other | suitable | |
| Samsung Galaxy Xcover2 | mobile phone | RecForge app | suitable |
| Olympus DM-650 | digital recorder | suitable | |
| Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 | camera | video | suitable |
| Test | other | test | suitable |
Smartphone applications
Android
We have tested a few applications, RecForge Lite seems the most useful (it allows easy recording in WAV format).
iPhone
You can use for example Audio Memos Free, which records in wav. If you hesitate, read this review
Symbian
We haven't tested it yet, but Recordoidapp looks good
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