[nabs-l] A Question About Transcribing Recorded Audio

Wed Nov 23 21:21:44 UTC 2011

OK, thanks, Amy! I think I'll get Gold Wave anyway, as I have 
heard it's better and newer than Cool Edit.  Now, I just need to 
buy an external microphone, and then I won't have to record my 
podcasts on my Victor Stream, and then do a double-conversion 
(from that weird 3PG format the Stream uses, to WAV format using 
Stream Companion, I wish it would convert to MP3, and then use 
online-converter.com or some other means to convert to MP3) 
before I can finally send the podcast to be published.

Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy Sabo" <amylsabo at comcast.net
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:12:08 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] A Question About Transcribing Recorded 
Audio

Hello chris,

I don't know if cool edit is free to download or not.  When I got
my copy of it which I got from my prof when I took the class in
the winter of 2001 in which the class was called multimedia
digitizing at my community college in Michigan he told me that
wasn't free but, I don't know on it.  If you google the name of
the product called cool edit I'm sure it will be free unless you
purchase the professional version of it.

As to elizabeth's question I don't know how to put audio into
text version since you never do that in audio.  But, if that is
what she is trying to do then someone else needs to assist her on
this!

Thanks for your input on this information and, I will talk to you
soon.

Hugs,
amy

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:17 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] A Question About Transcribing Recorded
Audio

Hi Amy,

Is Cool Edit free? If so, I'd be interested in downloading it! By

the way, I think Elizabeth was trying to transcribe an audio
recording into text (like a transcript,) not edit the audio
recording and keep it audio.  That's at least how I took her
email.  But only she knows for sure what she intended to do with
that "confidential" recording.

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind,

1968-1986

P.S.  The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired
youth in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through
providing assistive technology and scholarships to camps and
conventions which help them be equal with their sighted peers.
For more information about the Foundation and to support our
work, visit us online at www.icanfoundation.info!

Sent from my BrailleNote Apex

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy Sabo" <amylsabo at comcast.net
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:49:19 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] A Question About Transcribing Recorded
Audio

Hello Elizabeth,

First of all what format is this audio recording done in? is it
done in mp3 format or in wave format? After that there is a
program for formatting audio recordings called gold wave or you
can also use a program called cool edit.  I have never used gold
wave but, I have used cool edit for editing my audio recordings.
To obtain both of these programs to download and use for both
gold wave I believe...

You can go to www.goldwwave.com to download the software and use
it.  This is accessible with jfw.  As for cool edit I don't have
the web site for that but, if you google cool edit you can find
it!

Anyway, I hope these and other information that I have given you
is helpful.  Take care and good luck in your audio production
work.

Hugs,
amy

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:58 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] A Question About Transcribing Recorded Audio

Hello All,

I have a rather confidential recording that is approximately
three hours in
length that I would like to have transcribed.  Does anyone have
any
recommendations about how I might be able to go about getting
this recording
transcribed? This recording is not a class lecture.  I would
welcome any
ideas regardless if it involves a human transcriber or
transcribing
technology.  If you have any ideas, please contact me off list.

Thanks,
Elizabeth

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