PVR-like Software for Audio Streams? 46
JonToycrafter asks: "I'm a dispatcher for a volunteer ambulance corps. We often get our calls by listening to the police scanner. Unfortunately, it's sometimes difficult to understand the street address that the police dispatcher is saying, or sometimes s/he mentions the address before giving an indication that EMS is needed. Does anyone know of a (preferably Free) Windows (or Linux) program that would allow me to connect my scanner to the mic jack on my PC and be able to pause/rewind the stream, a la Tivo?"
run the audio into a pvr... (Score:5, Insightful)
You'll probably still need a video display for control purposes, but since you won't need a lot of processing power the whole setup shouldn't cost much.
There may be a reason... (Score:3, Insightful)
Why compllicate the system when a simple "Could you repeat that address" would probably suffice.