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--- Forwarded Message from Andrew Ross <[log in to unmask]> ---

>From: Andrew Ross <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'"     <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: #5232 Audio compression
>Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 13:34:45 -0400

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You could try Sound Recorder -- a very simple standalone audio input utility
for Mac which outputs AIFFs, I think, as well as WAVs.  This doesn't solve
the compression issue on its own, but you could combine Sound Recorder with
something like SoundJam to quickly create MP3 files from the AIFFs the
students record.  SoundJam will allow you to batch-process AIFFs easily, so
you might think about creating a shared folder on the server to which the
students in question would have access, then getting one of your lab
assistants to periodically process all of the AIFF sound files in the
directory to MP3, and then clear out the old AIFFs.

Both Sound Recorder and SoundJam are available for download at
www.shareware.com -- Sound Recorder's a freebie, and the full install of
SoundJam is $39.99/copy.

Do the students need to keep running commentaries going, or can they comment
at particular moments in the exchange?  45 minutes is a big  file to push
through a network at 10mbps.

Hope this helps.

a.

Andrew F. Ross, Ph.D.
Director, Multimedia Language Lab
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
G-16 Puryear Hall
University of Richmond
Richmond,  VA   23173
(804)287-6838
fax: (804)287-6446
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                -----Original Message-----
                From:   LLTI-Editor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
                Sent:   Wednesday, October 06, 1999 11:19 AM
                To:     [log in to unmask]
                Subject:        #5232 Audio compression

                --- Forwarded Message from Beth Secrist
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                >Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 09:52:50 -0500
                >From: Beth Secrist <[log in to unmask]>
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                >Organization: University of Tennessee
                >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
                >CC: "Beauvois, Margaret" <[log in to unmask]>
                >Subject: Audio compression

                Dear LLTIers

                One of our professors is doing research on discourse
analysis using
                Daedalus (synchronous communication). While the students are
typing
                their remarks, she would like to record their comments on
what they are
                doing while they are typing their responses. Since most of
these
                sessions are 45 mins. long, I didn't think it was practical
to think of
                recording their comments digitally. Do any of you know of a
digital
                solution to this problem? I would like to avoid having to
acquire 25
                microphones and analog recorders to solve this problem.

                We presently have a 25-station Mac 7500/100 with 64MB of
memory running
                OS 8.1. Our server is an 8600/130 running AppleShare IP 5.0.

                Thank you for your help,

                Beth Secrist, Director
                Language Resource Center
                Dept. of Modern Foreign Langs. & Lits.
                University of Tennessee
                Knoxville, TN  37996
                (423)974-6494; [log in to unmask]

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