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Digitizing Sound
Voice and Tape Recordings
Today, most professionals have made the switch to digital voice recorders as the optimum method for creating instant digital audio files. The benefits of this new technology are:
Audio recordings - or speech dictation files - are highly compressed, and are saved as DSS (Digital Speech Standard) files
Digital recorders use removable SmartMedia (Flash Memory) cards, with a 128 MB card able to store 44 hours of audio in LP (Long Playback) mode, or 22 hours in SP (Standard Playback) mode
Fast downloads to your computer are achieved through a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection or optional USB Flash Card Reader
Advanced search functions
Ability to create different folders
Integration with Voice Recognition Software (IBM ViaVoice)
Minimal battery consumption
Microphone
USB (Universal Serial Bus) Port on your computer for microphones equipped with a USB connector
Sound Card with a Mic-In input for microphones equipped with a jack plug
Sound Card with a Line-In input if digitizing sound from external tape recorders or tape dictation devices
MP3 Maker/Recorder software
Never send waveform (.wav) files over the Internet, as these files are far too large and can take forever to download, particularly if receiving multiple audio files in a single day.
See our section on Creating MP3 Files as the next step in digitizing sound.
