The same way they take notes when they aren't in a phone call.

Wait, is this just self promotion of your app you, a sighted person, made for blind people?

You could record the call? You could mute the call and use an old fashioned voice recorder, i'm sure they even have digital voice recorders now. I have an old android device that I just use at home on wifi for various things, it is not my actual phone, so if you have a spare android or apple device they still are very useful even if they aren't active with your phone plan. You could still use a note taking app on that or use a land line / VOIP phone instead of your cell.

1. Pull up MS-Word on the computer in front of you and type away while balancing phone under chin.

2. Summoning a nearby sighted person and ask them to write something down.

3. Writing in thick black felt pen on a shorthand notebook or other paper pad (works for partially sighted though result may be mostly illegible.)

These may be hacky solutions but any alternative needs to be at least as convenient and accurate.

Any alternative needs to work well while VoiceOver (iOS) or Talkback (Android) is running.

Type them out, write them in braille, use a note taker, have the relevant information provided to them, speech to text. There are a lot of options it just depends on user preference.

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Not sure why everyone is saying this is no big deal, because it is for me at least. I'm a software developer, and sometimes a 20 min phone call with a client will result in \~30 items I need to have remembered / written down that I need for later.

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Some / many clients don't like e-mail, and prefer phone, so I have to take this information in via phone. I can't write down notes via pen and paper for obvious reasons, and I need both hands to type.

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Right now I usually just unplug my headphones from my computer, hold my phone to my ear with my shoulder, and type the notes out while apologizing to the client for having to listen to my screen reader. It's a pain.

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Not sure what the solution is though. Best I can think of is maybe a headset with microphone, one ear is the phone conversation, other ear is my screen reader. No idea...

Screenreader in left ear, skype call in right ear. It's amazingly possible to listen to one or the other at will.

Had a quick look at the page over at $1. I have no idea what the app is about because everything is explained in images without any alt text. Not a very good first impression, I must say.

I just type things out.

I don't use my phone for note-taking. Regardless of my eyesight or the source of the information or something else entirely, it's far too inefficient.

Writing, braille, typing, voice recordings on another app. Recording the phone call.

I can take notes when I'm at my computer and can type. Otherwise, it's difficult.

If I'm at my computer while on the phone, I'll have a text file open and one earbud in one ear while either having the phone on speaker, or, sort of holding it between my shoulder and my other ear. If I have my bluetooth headset on and paired with my iPhone, it's much easier!

I use my voice recorder and let the other party know I need to record. Then I listen and if need be type them into an app such as Word then that will read back to me and I can edit

If at a computer, it's easiest to just type notes in Wordpad or Docs. When out and about, I prefer to use my AirPods in conjunction with my Notes app, so writing things down is quite easy especially if you enable braille input.

Put phone on speaker or Bluetooth, so both hands are free. Have text file open on computer. Type notes on computer. This is how I take notes for phone calls, meetings, &c. If it’s a very short note, like a phone number, I’ll probably grab a piece of paper and write it down (I have enough sight for that) or use the Notes app on my phone.

If I have to take notes, I'll open my laptop and type into TextEdit. Easy enough. If out and about, a braille display with a notetaking function works fine.

You can just start any dictaphone app while on call too on any phone and then edit recording to cut off irrelevant parts,, use it as voice memo note talker.

On Android there are some apps that are able to do audio recording while calling: you can choose if your voice only should be recorded, whole conversation or all audio from phone.
There are floating note taking apps that automatically open on calls and you can type text with keyboard they stay after call ends. They automatically remember time, date, caller if you allow it it's all customizable. Other call note takers are more like sticky notes you type in with keyboard too. On Android you can as with iOS end call with power button.

I make the call on Google Voice, on the computer, and so I can go into a document or something and just write notes there. Eitherwise, I use braille, or do the thing of holding my phone with my shoulder, and typing the notes on the computer.

I put the phone on speaker, then open memo and repeat the important information. "So you said 500 Fake Avenue? Got it."

I have another idea for this type of situation but haven't tried it out yet to see if it works or not...

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If I am taking a call on my iPhone, I wonder if I can have the voice memos app recording on my Apple Watch so I can take notes that way? Hmmmmm.

I just use BSI whilst on a phone call to type out my notes