--- Forwarded Message from waltje <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:30:08 -0500 >From: waltje <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: waltje <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7454 Recording MP3 sound >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> > >> From: "Rita Goldberg" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" > <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Recording MP3 sound >> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:11:26 -0500 > > Can anyone recommend a reliable, inexpensive, even free program for > recording MP3 files of student speaking exercises? Sound Recorder is nice > in its limited way, but it only accepts a maximum of 60 seconds. > > Thanks, all. > > Rita Goldberg, > St. Lawrence University Hello Rita: Go and check out Audacity at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ It's free, it's nifty, and it runs on all platforms. You need to download a special plug-in to create MP3s (the so-called LAME MP3 Encoder Library), it is all wonderfully transparent and well explained both on the site and in the manual... Happy recording, Jorg --------------------- Dr. Jorg Waltje Director LRC Ohio University Gordy Hall 17 D Athens, Ohio 45701 (USA) Ph: (740) 593-2748 Fax: (740) 593-0729 ---------------------