Alibi, records audio and video in the background

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This application will probably fulfill the requests of several people since this question has often appeared in our groups: which application to use to record audio? There is a dash cam Open source for Android? Alibi in fact it is a very simple application for Android that allows it to be activated and forgotten, it will work in the background and record all the audio and/or video that will be captured by the smartphone.

It works without the internet so there is no risk of your conversations ending up on some server around the world. It is also very simple to use because when you open the application you will have two large buttons in the shape of a microphone and a video camera to press to quickly activate the audio or video recording (plus any audio included).

Alibi, records audio and video in the background

In the settings we find:

• possibility to manage the maximum duration of the recording, after these minutes the recording will stop automatically. It starts from a minimum of 15 minutes up to a maximum of 3 hours;
• immediately delete the audio file after you have saved and shared it perhaps in a safe place;
• modification of notifications: Alibi needs a notification to work in the background. To avoid trouble, if you were recording for your safety for example, you could decide to change the wording of the notification. For example, instead of “Recording” complete with recording duration you can write anything else. This part certainly still needs to be improved since the writing still remains Delete And Pause Recording that we were unable to eliminate. On Android we remind you that it is still possible to hide notifications, just press and hold on the notification and tell it not to appear: the application should still work.
• fingerprint protection;
• the other settings concern the quality of both audio and video recording.

You can export your settings and then import them onto a new installation of Alibi.

It seemed like an interesting application with different usage scenarios especially since, in version 0.4.0, they added the possibility of also using the webcam (previously the application only recorded audio). This way you can really turn your Android smartphone into a temporary dash cam for any emergency situations.

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