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>Subject: Re: [LLTI] #6159 Digitizing audio cassettes
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:46:48 -0400

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>OK, assuming I get the permission of the publisher, how  can I digitize
audio >cassettes?  Is  there a way to go from cassette to CD?  We're
getting a Tandy lab >this Fall but will have limited server space at first.

Eileen:

We have a similar project going on here.  We have a student who is doing
the work, as follows:

     Cassette player -->  male/male stereo audio cable --> Windows sound
recorder (free with Windows) --> MP3 file (Sound Recorder can SaveAs MP3.

Once we have all the MP3 files, we will put them on a CD (or possibly on
our network), and students can open them using any MP3 player.  Even if on
a CD, however, we are storing them as MP3 rather than audio files.  The
space savings is huge, and the sound quality is more than adequate.

If you have a large number of tapes to convert, you'd do well to purchase
some more official sound-editing software.  SoundForge makes the most
common, low/mid range product.

--Tim Corica, The Peddie School, NJ