Thanks, Dana. The trick regarding compression (or lack thereof) is to record in mono at 8 KHz and speak quickly! Also, when attaching the sound file to your email, the size will balloon by about 20%! Best George
--- Dana Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings all, > If your friend's Windows is really old with really limited multimedia, another option is to use QT (there's others, but for you this is certainly readily available) to convert to a MIDI file, which gets played on even old Media Player apps (WIn 3.1, et. al.) and suffers not at all with compatibility concerns. As alluded to, the problem with .wav files is not compatibility per se, but compression, i.e. lack thereof. Both .wav and .aiff's "native" form is to be uncompressed. > Just another option. > Best regards, > Dana ===== You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22: 37-40 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
