I'd recommend just running this in the terminal (cmd-space terminal)

curl 'http://www.server.org/speech?session=[001-100]&item=[001-100]}' - 
o '#1_#2.wav'
The applescript would be

set itemRange to "001-002" --leading zeros honoured
set itemNumber to "1-2"
do shell script "curl 'http://www.server.org/speech?session=[" &  
itemRange & "]&item=[" & itemRange & "]}' -o '#1_#2.wav'"

--man curl in the terminal for help: this is a MARVELLOUS utilityy

On 22 Jul 2008, at 9:54 AM, Christoph Draxler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I haven't done any scripting for some time, and now I urgently need  
> a script that will download speech audio files from a web page in  
> Safari.
>
> The audio files are retrieved dynamically, i.e. the URL is of the  
> form www.server.org/speech?session=1000&item=001, and the file  
> should be saved in a wave-file as 1000_001.wav in a download folder.
>
> What's the best way to do this?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Christoph
>
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