Hi Ron,
Here's a tutorial I wrote on how to use the batch converter, a feature that
GoldWave has.
This will allow you to do more than one file at a time, and you don't have
to sit there and wait for the file to decompress in the main window.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
***Begin Tutorial***
If you are in the Gold Wave main window, once it opens up, if you press the
alt+F to get to the file menu, then press the letter B for batch
conversions, it will open up another dialog box that you can do batch
conversions with, or you can choose to do just one file, it's up to you.
Once in that dialog box, tab to the button that says add, and press the
space bar.
Another dialog box will pop up, similar to the save as dialog box, so if you
know exactly where the file is, go ahead and type it in. If you don't know
the exact file location, just do a shift+tab to the window just above the
one you're in, and backspace four or five times, or until your screen reader
reads out my documents.
Once it says that, just go ahead and find the folder where the files are
that you want to convert.
Once you find the files, go ahead and select them, either, contiguously, or
non-contiguously, and tab to the open button and press the spacebar.
Once you press the open button, you'll land back on the add button. If you
have more files you want to convert, just press the add button and go
through what I just outlined above.
If you don't have anymore files to convert, you can tab to the check box
that says, convert files to this format. Make sure this box is checked, so
you can tell it what to convert the files to.
Once you check that box, tab down to the combo box that asks you what file
type to convert the files to. You must want to select the exact file type
for all the files you want to convert. You can't do one file type for some
of the files and another file type for another bunch of files you selected.
That's why this function is called the batch conversion feature of Gold
Wave. You can only convert the files to the same file type.
Once you select the file format you want to convert the files to, tab down
to the bitrate and frequency selection.
I'm going to assume, for time's sake, that you already know all about
bitrate and frequency rates, and just continue on from here to the next
step.
Once you set the bitrate and frequency rates, do a control+tab over to the
file locations tab to set where you would like Gold Wave to save the
converted files once their done.
You have two choices here.
You can either choose to save the converted files in their original folders,
or save them in a different folder. This I leave up to you, and I can tell
you that this tab is pretty much self-explanatory, so go ahead and make your
settings as you see fit.
Once you've made your selection, just tab over to the button that says
begin, and press the spacebar.
Once a dialog box pops up, with an ok button, you're files are done
converting, and you can just press the ok button.
You'll land back on the begin button, so just tab over to the cancel button,
then you'll land on the Gold Wave main window. You can just alt+F4 out of
that, and you can go delete the pre-converted files.
Just make sure you clear your recycle bin, as those files will use up a lot
of space on your computer.
I would also recommend you check the files for length and bitrate choice, as
you can always go back into your recycle bin and restore the files you
deleted, so I suggest you check the files before you empty the recycle bin.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask, and I'll endeavour to
answer them as quickly as possible.
Victor
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Kolesar
Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 8:42 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Can i get step by step instructions
forconvertingm4afiles to mp3 files?
Thanks Keven.
I'm now going to have toinstall goldwave.
I currently have VLC installed though.
So I deeply appreciate this letter.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 6:25 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Can i get step by step instructions for
convertingm4afiles to mp3 files?
well with GoldWave all that is needed to do is load your file into GoldWave
after jaws announces file decompression just press alt key, arrow right to
effects then arrow up to convert (sometimes I hear jaws announce invert but
there is no invert so go ahead and select it)
then just alt key select file menu arrow down to save as after typing the
file name if you want to name the file any different press tab select the
file type you want then tab to save. your file should save where the
original is if it's the same name there will be two one in the original
file format and the other in the file format you selected.
I don't know if you can convert file formats in VLC
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Kolesar
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 2:55 PM
To: JAWS Mailing List
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Can i get step by step instructions for converting
m4afiles to mp3 files?
Hi to all.
I have both goldwave but not yet installed, but I do have VLC installed.
Would anyone have good step by step instructions for converting m4a files to
mp3 files?
For we Victor Reader Stream version 2 owners.
VRS will play m4a files in the music bookshelf.
But you can not fast forward or rewind the file.
Plus, it’s looking like when I go to try to play a different audio m4a
formatted tutorial, it plays only the one file.
So I’d like to listen to Jim’s tutorials on my small VRS unit to be easier
to follow along.
Until I pick up a couple of USB to nine pen adaptors so that I can have my
dec-talk express back.
Because everything coming out of the speakers will drive you nuts. SMILES.
So many many thanks.
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