Hey everyone. Wondering if anyone has found a suitable app for audio recording. Currently, I have been using the built-in “recorder” for my Android phone. The process I have to go through to add them into iNat is to Record call - make note of what/when/where Upload to the cloud Log into Google …

I found a discussion about it on Reddit. Add a photo. Then, add more media, which will let you choose the microphone option. I was getting caught by not adding a photo first, so the app would not let me choose the microphone for recording. I have added screenshots here for others. When you choo…

Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab You can share to iNat directly, but in most cases you probably need the file on the PC anyways. The drive up/download is the common practice afaik. The basic phone recorder does just as well for me, but that depends on the phone, not the app. (afaik)

I record Audio with Merlin. It shows up in “my files” as a .wav, which can be uploaded to iNat without modifying, but it doesn’t fix the metadata issue

Thirding using Merlin for this purpose. Depending on how savvy you are using file browsers in Android, it’s possible to locate and upload the Merlin .wav files from the iNaturalist app.

[image] a_teitzel: P.s - I do not record directly into the iNat app as I am often in remote areas without service. you don’t need an internet connection to record audio in the iNat app.

[image] pisum: you don’t need an internet connection to record audio in the iNat app. oh great! I am often bush (and without service) for days at a time and have no way of uploading my multiple calls. But if you are saying that iNat will store them all and upload when I come back into servic…

[image] a_teitzel: I have just attempted to record without internet directly into iNat. Seems I cannot find out how to do that. where exactly are you getting stuck?

[image] a_teitzel: To get to the recording option, you must first add any photo. this is not true in my version of the Android app. are you using an old version of the app? mine looks different from yours. in my app, these are the 5 options i have when i click the add button. the bottom left…

that’s the latest version, or at least the same version of the app as i have. do you see the same buttons as what i captured in my screenshots?

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pisum May 10, 2025, 5:41pm 5

you don’t need an internet connection to record audio in the iNat app.

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