[Dtb-talk] converting Victor Reader Stream Note files

[Greg Kearney]

HumanWare is working on an update that will save the in WAV or MP3.

Greg
On 18/02/2010, at 11:50 PM, Grover Zinn wrote:

> Thanks.  Now my Mac will have to run "the other" operating system as  
> well as OS X.
>
> best
>
> Grover Zinn
>
> Grover Zinn
> William H. Danforth Professor of Religion, emeritus
> former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
> Oberlin College
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>
>
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 3:17 AM, Greg Kearney wrote:
>
>> I know of no mac program that can convert the streams notes at this  
>> time for not only are they 3gp file format but they employ a  a  
>> special kind codac for which there is no Mac version yet. The use  
>> of this was done because it gives good playback of voice at lower  
>> bitrates making the files smaller.
>>
>>
>> On 18/02/2010, at 3:53 PM, Grover Zinn wrote:
>>
>>> I assume you mean that at some point Humanware will realize that  
>>> WAV or MP3 would be good formats.
>>>
>>> Why use .3gp to begin with (unless there is a proprietary thing  
>>> going on here; I just discovered via a conversion program that  
>>> the .3gp files in the notes folder appear as drm protected files;  
>>> interesting that the user cannot manipulate the files that the  
>>> user has created.......)
>>>
>>> Off of the wheel of asking "why...."
>>>
>>> Do you know of a Mac-friendly program that might convert .3gp to  
>>> mp3??  (I can always feed the notes into an audio recording  
>>> program on the Mac, but that would be a "bit" time-consuming for  
>>> over 100 lengthy notes (and the number is growing).
>>>
>>> best
>>>
>>> Grover Z
>>>
>>> Grover Zinn
>>> William H. Danforth Professor of Religion, emeritus
>>> former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
>>> Oberlin College
>>> Oberlin, OH 44074
>>> grover.zinn at oberlin.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 18, 2010, at 12:05 AM, Greg Kearney wrote:
>>>
>>>> At some point the Stream should be able to just save audio in WAV  
>>>> or MP3 rather than just in 3gp.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 18/02/2010, at 10:35 AM, Mike Freeman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Best way is to use Stream Companion to convert the .3gp files  
>>>>> to .WAV files and then use WavePad from NCH Software,  
>>>>> TotalRecorder from High Criteria or Goldwave or other sound  
>>>>> editor to convert from .WAV to .MP3. I know of no program that  
>>>>> converts from .3gp to .mp3 in one step.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Greg Kearney, Manager - Accessible Media
>>>> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
>>>> 61 Kitchener Ave
>>>> Victoria Park, WA 6100
>>>> AUSTRALIA
>>>> +61 08 9311 8246
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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