I intend to use sound forge to edit my voice recordings, from where I can easily save the file in mp3 format. The books in mp3 format will come from Calibre and also some audio books on cd that I borrow from the local library which I can rip with CDEX. Steve Green ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:17 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: thanks for advice on mp3 recorders >I note with interest what you say Steve about your choice of the Olympus >DS3. I > guess you can easily convert to MP3, but I'd be interested in which > utility > you'll use for that. > > As for playing DAISY books, I wouldn't think the DS3 supports DAISY > directly, > so, are you simply going to exstract the MP3 files from DAISY books? > > Cheers, > > From Ray > I can be contacted off-list at: > mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf > Of Stephen Green > > > Thanks to all for their advice about the suitability of various mp3 > recorders. > After talking to their technical support team this morning, I've finally > decided > on the Olympus ds50 as it records in the wma format which is easily > converted to > mp3 and you can increase the playback speed by 50 percent so I can listen > to > talking books at a pace I prefer. > > Steve green > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq