Joe, Thanks for the note. I'll check out both goldwave and the APH Sound Recorder. One of these probably will serve what we need for now. With joy, Jon On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:10:44 -0500 Joe Lazzaro <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I've used the Goldwave audio recording and editing software to record > audio > books. It isn't as sophisticated as the Daisy standard, and doesn't > let you > intermix text and audio. But Goldwave does let you create MP3 or WAV > files. > A free fully functional demo of the software can be downloaded from > www.goldwave.com. If you purchase the software, I believe it sells > for > around $50 US. > > -----Original Message----- > From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon J Post > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:13 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Seeking to make audio books in Russian > > > I'm a volunteer working in Kyrgyzstan with the blind and the deaf. > We want > to develope digital audio books and courses that can then be > inexpensively > duplicated on CDs for distribution to other parts of the country or > the CIS. > For example, the Kyrgyz School for the Blind has over 20,000 reel to > reel > tapes of books in Russian, some of which could be copied into > digital format > for use on CD or MP3 players or on computers. Many of these could > be > distributed for the cost of the CD and postage. > > I'm working with the Kyrgyzstan National Library for the Blind and > the > National School for the Blind trying to develope an audio-book > software > program (and library) into which we could plug these different audio > texts > so that a listener could hear an index and then go to any desired > title, or > subtitle or page, and go forward or backward within the page, or > book, or > among books. > > 1) Do you know of such software programs? > > 2) If so, is there an internationally accepted standard or format > for these? > > 3) Is there a place where I could download such a software player > into which > we could insert Russian audio (and text) indexes and files? > > I'm looked into the DAISY standard, but there are not any former > Soviet > countries using that yet, and the $2,500 price tag for DAISY > Consortium > membership is out of reach in a country where university professors > earn $10 > per month and they haven't yet found the funds to repair the CD > drive on one > of the school's two computers that are modern enough to have one > :-) > We're somewhat technically (economically) challenged here. > > So we're trying ourselves to develope a program but would rather > find a > basic but navigatable semi-standardized shell into which we can put > our .wav > or .mp3 files for CD players. If the same program (on CD) could > also > autorun when placed in a computer CD drive, that would be the best. > (If > later we can get text-and-audio, like the DAISY standard, that will > be > wonderful too.) > > I'll appreciate any input. Jon <[log in to unmask]> > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf > the web > up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to > sign up > today! > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > See EASI Special October Bonus offer at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > EASI > November courses are: Barrier-free E-learning, Accessible Internet > Multimedia and Business Benefits of Accessible IT Design: > http://easi.cc/workshop.htm EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi > > >>> Error in line 8 of EASI.MAILTPL: unknown formatting command <<< > -> ............. <- > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > See EASI Special October Bonus offer at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > EASI November courses are: > Barrier-free E-learning, Accessible Internet Multimedia and Business > Benefits of Accessible IT Design: > http://easi.cc/workshop.htm > EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi > > >>> Error in line 8 of EASI.MAILTPL: unknown formatting command <<< > -> ............. <- > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------------------------------------- See EASI Special October Bonus offer at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm EASI November courses are: Barrier-free E-learning, Accessible Internet Multimedia and Business Benefits of Accessible IT Design: http://easi.cc/workshop.htm EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi >>> Error in line 8 of EASI.MAILTPL: unknown formatting command <<< -> ............. <-