Tot op heden was het behoorlijk lastig om Skype-audiogesprekken op te nemen. Reguliere programma's als Soundforge en Audacity brengen geen heil. De makers van HotRecorder publiceren nu een gratis programma (betaald via ingebakken advertenties) waarmee het schijnbaar wel mogelijk is Skype-gesprekken te tapen.

SkypeJournal nam de moeite het programma te testen:

"(...)I tested it today as both an answerphone and Skype Call recorder. It worked very effectively in both modes. It also enables you to insert "emotisounds" into any conversation whether you are recording or not. (...) HotRecorder provides no warning to other Skypers that they are now being recorded. (...) HotRecorder won't enable you to record iTunes and the Skype Call at the same time. (...)"