[audacity4blind] Re: Issues with a new USB cassette player
- From: "Ron" <facup1927@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 12:33:00 -0000
Hi Jess.
I actually use a different approach when converting cassettes to mp3s.
If your cassette player has an earphone or headphone socket you just need a
lead going from their to your input (microphone) socket of your pc.
When you press Play on the cassette recorder, the sound should come through
your pc speakers but if it doesn't, play about with the Audacity recording
Preferences to achieve this.
Once you have perfected that, you should be able to hear your screen reader
without it speaking over your recording.
It's another option, and does work well for me.
Definitely worh a try.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: Jessica Kendall
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 6:21 AM
Subject: [audacity4blind] Issues with a new USB cassette player
Hi everyone,
I recently purchased a USB cassette recorder, to convert cassette to MP3
files.
In the user guide, I read that I needed to install the audacity software,
which I did. It then informed me to leave the CD in the drive (I have an
external drive), to connect the recorder to the computer via the USB chord, and
follow the on screen instructions to instal the USB drivers. No on screen
instructions appeared, however, but once I changed the sound card settings in
jaws to real tec rather than windows default, jaws continued speaking, and the
recorder was recognised by the computer.
I then tried to record a tape onto audacity, but rather than picking up the
tape, the recording picked up the radio, which was on in the background at the
time.
the cassette player also didn't play whilst connected to the computer, but
played with headphones.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get my tapes on to the
computer?
Kind regards,
Jess :)
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