Dear Everyone on ETNT, Just for your knowledge, students do NOT have CD's anymore (they have ipods or MP3's and with a CD or mp3 they can not replay/rewind a sentence to listen and read it again - like us "natural" readers do when a sentence is not understood!!!!! Therefore walkman's are actually very user-friendly for the audio accommodation. Until every one of our students have their own computer and earphones that connect to a computer the only possibility is to use walkmans!!!! All the best Kerri -----Original Message----- From: etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ask_Etni Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:06 PM To: ETNI Subject: [etni] Fw: A Last Gasp for Audio Cassettes ----- Original Message ----- From: Margie Cohen - margiec@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: A Last Gasp for Audio Cassettes Gee, I wish the Inspectorate realized this too when they make everyone (kids and teachers) scramble to get Walkmans (Walkmen??!!) for Bagrut and other tests when CD's and MP3/4's are what is used these days...! Too bad this machine described below is so expensive.. January 29, 2009 One Last Gasp for Audio Cassettes, Hooked Up to the Computer By JOHN BIGGS It's time to bury the audio cassette. Actually, it was time to bury the cassette a long time ago. The format is essentially dead and the cassette tape player is now as obsolete as the Edison wax-cylinder player. But what if you still have a few tapes clattering around in your closet? The Alesis TapeLink U.S.B. could wring one last bit of music out of this expired medium. The TapeLink is a dual cassette deck with a U.S.B. plug. You connect to a computer, play a tape and the included software cleans and categorizes the audio automatically. It outputs audio at CD quality - although the audio coming off the tapes might be at lower quality - and includes noise-reduction systems to ensure a clean transfer. It has a list price of $299, but can be found for less online and at music specialty stores. The deck works with Macs and PCs and comes with software called SoundSoap SE that will help clean up the audio. The entire system is retro-styled enough to do justice to your collection of road-trip mixes and your prized bootleg from that Terence Trent D'Arby/Level 42 doubleheader. JOHN BIGGS ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------