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I am taking advice from two or three different people, that
"speaking" a book is faster than typing and more natural for some of
us. For me, definitely true. I type in slow motion, with abundant
errors. <br>
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My Dragon Naturally Speaking is not being used because my Windows
application has crashed and I can't even try it out, and too broke
to get the Mac version right now. So I was thinking of recording for
someone else to type. (In the Philippines?)<br>
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These are just challenges to my natural propensity to procrastinate!
I will prevail! Even if I have to do a picture book with hand
written script! Oh well.<br>
<br>
Thanks for advice on the mic. I have a little Audio Technica USB
mic and will try that, as the built in mic doesn't pick up my voice
well. <br>
<br>
I'm having trouble "attaching" LAME to Audacity in order to export
an MP3 (that's how you save). I should probably just use the AUP
file for my purposes, if I transcribe (type) it myself, and the AUP
file just stays on my Mac. But I will eventually need to <i>export
a file if I have someone else type a transcript for my further
editing</i> (MP3). <br>
<br>
I think half of my troubles are just signs of my difficulty
overcoming resistance to accomplishing the task. I will reread some
Barbara Sher to remedy that.<br>
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Now that I have fessed up to the group about my procrastination
habit, please hold my feet to the fire to get some kind of book out!
Thanks.<br>
<br>
Darlene in MO<br>
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PS My CD reader doesn't want to work either - could that be related
to MP3 problem? Should I just rob a bank and get new everything?
(Kidding)<br>
<br>
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On 11/28/10 8:49 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> > If you were going to "speak" a short book for transcription, how would
> you record it? (Easiest or least expensive way.)
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<b>I do have a Q:</b> by speaking a book for transcription, you mean
transcribing a written book into an audio book? Not transcribing
audio sounds [words] into written words? Those are two different
things and from looking at Audacity, it appears that it takes in
audio and improves it, or makes CDs or whatever == but doesnt'
transcribe into writing [which was what I thought was the Q, to
transcribe into written words] = there are programs that do that =
and evidently some of the dictation machines [handheld also] will let
you dictate into them and then transcribe them into the written word.
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