--- Forwarded Message from John de Szendeffy <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:31:59 -0400
>From: John de Szendeffy <[log in to unmask]>
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>Organization: Boston University
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum     <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7210 voice recording software for Mac OS X
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Audacity has a nice, simple interface for a wave form editor, but, at
least in OS 9, it's buggy. It drops chunks of sound in longer recordings
and crashes. You also can't use an "R" in the file name as that's the
shortcut for recording and will begin a new track in the middle of a
file save. The export to and import from MP3 is also painfully slow.
Nonetheless, our students use it for certain projects. 

CELOP had a simple sound recorder for the Mac written for us years ago
(which doesn't run in X). We actually use it more often than Audacity
for short recordings that don't need to be edited. You can read about
CELOP Recorder and download it and a primer for free from
http://www.bu.edu/celop/mll/admin/celop_recorder.html

-John
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Multimedia Language Lab
Center for English Language and Orientation Programs
Boston University
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> --- Forwarded Message from Hiroyo Saito <[log in to unmask]> ---

> I am wondering if anyone uses a free program that you can use for
> recording voice in the language center. Our center has Power Mac G4
> with OS 10.2. I think "Pure Voice" we used before, but I think this
> program does not run in OS X. I found "Quick Voice" and this has all
> the functions we need - recording voice and send it via E-mail.
> However, this is not free.  Please let me know. Thank you.
> 
> Hiroyo