Hi Josh, I have absolutely no idea if this program can do anything with ring tones. As a matter of fact, I don't know any thing about this program at all! I just have notes saved in case I might be interested in the program at some point or another. Sorry, take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: Josh To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] MP3 DIRECT CUT Mike, Thank you for this information it seems like it contains a lot of valuable information and will be great for getting started with it. I notice that it speaks of PodCast and that sort of thing. Do you know if it can make ring tones? If not it will still be a valuable program for school notes and that sort of thing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara In Arcadia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] MP3 DIRECT CUT > Hi Josh, > > Below is a somewhat long winded email I saved talking about the MP3 Direct > Cut program. There are also links to a couple of tutorials as well. > > From: "Gene" < > [email protected]> > This is a rather long message but it provides important information. > > Is the podcast mainly going to be you talking or are you going to do > things such as move between items such as music and speech. I'm going to > assume, for this message, that you intend to do only or mostly just you > talking. that isn't because I am actually assuming this is true, it's > because I want to make the message simple and answer questions for that > kind of podcast in this message. If it doesn't apply to what you intend > to do, send details to the list and you may get good information to match > the specific kind of podcast you are doing. for more complex podcasts, > such as having music and speech and moving between them or having > something like speech and music simultaneously, others on the list may be > better sources of information. > > Let's start with the most simple kind of podcast, nothing but you talking. > One of the problems you will find if you listen to many podcasts is that > people don't edit well, if at all. They create a podcast, repeatedly > pause during it often for far too long, have lots of extraneous sounds > such as the repeated sound of their e-mail program checking for new mail, > etc. that's no way to produce a high quality podcast. Since podcasts are > mp3 files, instead of using audacity, you would probably do just as well > or better using Mp3 Direct Cut. It is easier to edit with Mp3 Direct Cut > and the program records directly in the Mp3 format, thus allowing you to > save the time and inconvenience of first recording a file and then > converting the finished product to Mp3. > > One way to produce a reasonably well edited podcast is to record it > without doing any editing, just stopping recording if you want to pause to > collect your thoughts or cough or encounter an interruption, then start > recording again. When you start recording or continue recording, use a > count down every time. When you start or continue recording count down > such as three, two, one, then start talking. Later, you will edit out the > time between where you stopped recording and the end of the count down. > If you do this correctly, you will have a smoothly edited podcast. You > can experiment and see how this is done. > > Using the microphone in your computer may or may not be a good choice. > You might get much better results using a hand held microphone or a > microphone on a stand that you will place close to your mouth. If you can > conveniently be close to the microphone in the computer and if the > microphone is reasonably good, that may work well but you can get good > microphones for about fifteen or twenty dollars. One that I like is a > radio shack clip on microphone. It is very small. I don't clip it onto > my shirt collar, though that is how it is intended to be used. I hold the > microphone close to my mouth. It provides better sound quality for speech > than many other microphones in that general price range and I find it very > satisfactory for voice recordings that are well within the quality that is > suitable for a nonprofessional recording where you want reasonable quality > but don't have to worry about really high professional quality sound. > Radio Shack has a good return policy so if the microphone isn't what you > want, you can return it after trying it. > > I will definitely say that the version of audacity you are using will not > meet your needs if you intend to do editing of the podcast. Try using Mp3 > Direct Cut. It is easier to edit with than any version of audacity. the > following information will allow you to download a version of Mp3 Direct > cut and a tutorial on using the program. It is all included in one zip > file. I prepared this file and sent it to a file sharing site from which > it is still available. I don't know how long it will remain available > since it may be removed automatically at some point by the site but here > is the link to the download page: > Look for the download button at the bottom of the page and activate it > with the space bar. The standard download dialog should open. > the link to the page is: > http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=1086246efa5d881c3aa77c0b095d5071 > > You will also need to understand the Windows volume control. Here is a > link to a tutorial you can listen to that thoroughly explains it. The > information applies to the Windows XP version of the volume control and it > also applies to earlier versions of Windows as well. those using Vista or > Windows 7 will need to get either other or more information because at > least some of the information no longer applies. > The listen link is: > > http://www.acbradio.org/archives/mainmenu/mm0305.mp3 > > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Josh > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 10:31 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] MP3 DIRECT CUT > > > Friends, > Is the MP3 DIRECT Cut fully accessible? If so can someone give me some > instruction on using the program because the read me file I was reading > was > talking about drag and drop, or can someone direct me to information > designed for use with screen readers and this program? I have heard much > talk about the drag and drop with Jaws and how it is very difficult. Is > there a way around this aspect of the program to still accomplish cutting > segments of the MP3? Any help, advice, or direction will be greatly > appreciated. I am using a Dell Laptop with laptop layout on the keyboard, > XP > Professional, Jaws 12 latest version. > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
