# recordutterancetype

## recordutterancetype <a href="#recordutterancetype" id="recordutterancetype"></a>

**Default Value:** “audio/basic”

Specifies the media format of utterance recordings.

### Example

```markup
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<vxml version="2.0">
  <property name="recordutterance" value="true"/>
  <property name="recordutterancetype" value="audio/l16"/>
  <form>
    <field name="first_name" type="firstname">
      <prompt bargein="false">
        <audio src="en_us/enter_first_name.wav">
          Please say your first name and spell it.
        </audio>
      </prompt>
      <filled>
        Your recording is <value expr="first_name$.recording"/>.
        The recording size is <value expr="first_name$.recordingsize"/> bytes.
        The recording duration is <value expr="first_name$.recordingduration"/> milliseconds.
      </filled> 
    </field>
  </form>
</vxml>
```

### Explanation

From this example, “recordutterancetype” is set to audio/l16, which is linear 16-bit PCM. The audio format can also be set to audio/basic (µ-law encoded PCM), audio/x-alaw-basic (a-law encoded PCM), or audio/x-wav (Microsoft WAV format encoded with any of the 3 formats mentioned previously).

### Notes

None


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