[Nfb-history] Convention Recordings

[Tina Hansen]

I have the Victor Reader Stream, and as I see it, you have two options for 
getting from that unit what you want.

There is a Soft Pack that you can buy for your Victor Reader Stream that 
costs around $50. One of its features is the ability to record convention 
meetings in mp3 format directly on the Stream. I was at a community 
conference this morning, and it worked quite well.

If you don't have the Soft Pack, you can still record your meetings in the 
Stream's recording format. The files will be around 11 megabytes per hour, 
which can save you space on the SD card.

However, there is no way to convert the notes directly from its format to 
mp3. If you have the HumanWare Companion on your PC, you can use that to 
convert the meetings to wave, then use another program to bring the files 
down to mp3.

I'd recommend going to the HumanWare site and grabbing the latest version of 
the Companion, if you don't have it.

Also, I'd look into a program that converts wave files to mp3. Since there 
are so many changes out there, I'd just do a google search for something 
like Free wav to mp3 converter and see what you get.

If you're able to get the Soft Pack, it's worth your $50, just for the 
direct mp3 recording.

Thanks.