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>Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:27:05 -0500
>From: Nicholas Omale <[log in to unmask]>
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Melanie,

From your message, It sounds like your school is still using audio
tapes. Audio tapes work fine for a while but over time they may become
inaudible due to static or other complications. I believe digital is
the way to go. If funds allow, I would suggest  taking a look at
software such as Divace from Tandberg Educational.  It is a versatile
piece of software which allows students to record stuff/playback. They
can save their files in different formats (wav, mp3 etc). It's
interface is really user-friendly and it somewhat resembles any
traditional tape recorder. I hope this helps.

Nick
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Nicholas Omale
Graduate Assistant
Foreign Languages Multimedia and Learning Center
Northern Illinois University


On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:23:36 EDT, LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> >From: "Melanie Barker" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: recording equipment
> >Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:07:16 -0400
>
> Forgive me if this has been discussed.  I just joined the list.  The foreign
> language department at my school is interested in purchasing recording
equipment
> for student use.  The foreign language teachers are interested in purchasing
> equipment that will produce high-quality recordings of students' readings.
What
> we have now results in garbled tapes and lots of background noise.
>
> I'd love to hear about what folks are using out there and what works well.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Melanie
>
> Melanie Barker
> High School Librarian
> Buckingham County High School
> HC-02 Box 376
> Buckingham, VA 23921
> (434) 969-6160
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