[Dtb-talk] converting Victor Reader Stream Note files

[Mike Freeman]

Grover:

.3gp files have better compression with decent audio.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grover Zinn" <grover.zinn at oberlin.edu>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] converting Victor Reader Stream Note files


>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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