Today, Persony, a startup from Los Gatos, California, announced the release of a new integrated audio and web conference recording solution designed for conferencing service providers. Persony’s integrated solution allows a conference moderator to simultaneously record audio and web conferences from an easy-to-use web interface and create a synchronized recording that can be played from any web browser. The solution is a companion application to the Persony Web Conferencing 2.0, a leading private label web and video conferencing solution, in use by many conferencing service providers.

Integrated recording simplifies the making of synchronized audio and web conference recordings. Unlike other web conferencing recording solutions which require a meeting participant to record a conference call on the participant’s computer using special phone-to-pc hardware, Persony’s solution records the audio and web conference directly on the server and requires no special setup or hardware on the participant’s computer. A conference moderator can initiate the recording of both the audio and web conference with a single click. Recording are available immediately for playback and does not require downloading any additional software. Participants also have the option to download the audio as an MP3 file for podcasting or playback on portable music devices. The add-on module also allows a moderator to easily control and manage an audio conference, including muting, un-muting, hanging up a call, or dialing out to a participant.

Persony’s recording solution can be hosted by any service provider and without per-minute usage fees. Persony has partnered with ThinkEngine, an audio conference bridge manufacturer, to add controls and recording of any audio conference calls hosted on a ThinkEngine VSR1000 from a Persony web conference interface. Service providers can host a ThinkEngine voice router in their facilities.