[audio-pals] Re: folks, forgive me, I'm new at this.

  • From: Thomas McMahan <thomas.mcmahan@xxxxxxx>
  • To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:38:09 -0600

Okay, well I’m presuming you don’t have a digital recorder around since you’ve 
asked this question.  But barring that, your computer or smart phone is your 
friend.  In the case of my phone I have an app called Ht professional recorder, 
but don’t know if you have smart phone and what OS it is.  Josh has also used 
his i-phone to record letters, not sure what app he used though, maybe HT also. 
 If you have android phone I don’t know what apps are available to record with. 
 

Your computer may have a recorder with it, I know our notebook has one that 
Windows 8.1 has in there, but have no idea how good it is, I use Total recorder 
for that machine.  They do have a free version, it just won’t do what it can do 
if you decide to pay for it which then expands what it can do.  I haven’t 
messed with it to much though, but it is accessible at least.  I think Liz uses 
Goldwave but she does other audio stuff too so perhaps she’ll speak up 
concerning the Windows side of things, although maybe not since I understand 
that she’s just gotten engaged, so obviously congratulations are in order for 
Liz.  

If your computer is a Mac there is a free app called Audio Recorder and it will 
work with either an Intel machine using Yosemite all they back to old powpcs 
running tiger if you have an old mac.  I know because I’ve had that since 2007 
in our old power pc, and just booted it up in Yosemity.  Can’t remember the 
website, but I can always copy it and put it up on SS then send you the link.  

The other obvious thing then is a mike.  If you Skype or any of that stuff, 
then no problem just use what you use for that.  A lot of computers have mikes 
already in them especially laptops and notebooks.  If you don’t have one though 
they can be bought fairly cheap even a USB mike nowadays is quite reasonable.  

So you would then do your recording, then copy and paste it into the group box 
folder in dropbox if you have the tool, or go to the website and upload it via 
the website using your browser, although I find it a lot easier to just use the 
tool.  Then just post a message to the group that it’s up there, if you wish 
you should probably include the public link to the file though so that non DB 
users can go get it too, although if it’s DB only I am going to copy it too and 
will then post a sendspace link too so that again there is another option.  
Some people have trouble with DB, and some others don’t care for sendspace, 
which I guess I wouldn’t either if I used a browser to go get a file.  But most 
anything over the past few years I have archived up there.  My big problem is 
anything before 2010.  Haven’t been able to recover those yet.  Maybe never 
will think the disk or disks that stuff was on went bad on me and before late 
2009 I didn’t have paid SS account so stuff in a free account will go by by in 
30 days if no download activity happens.  Or maybe it’s just up there for 30 
days anyway for free accounts on Sendspace.  

So susinctly putting the questions to you, it’s a matter of what you have on 
hand.  A smart phone?  Computer which we know you have, so then do you have a 
mike with it, or have to get one, and then an app such as total recorder.  The 
recording end to put together sometimes is the hard end verses the storage of 
it.  

I primarily use a digital recorder and just port it over, but had the money to 
get a couple of them and I play with those more than I do a cell phone *lol*.  
The digital recorder is a blind person’s camera, and I enjoy having my little 
audio camera around *lol*.  But I don’t know if you have the budget to go that 
way especially for an accessible one, or nearly fully accessible one, although 
I primarily know about Olympus recorders.  Perhaps Zoom Recorder has a machine 
that is more affordable, and there is another brand of one that is fairly 
popular too outside of the group, just can’t think of it right at the moment, 
and their prices are good, but their machines have some limits.  Perhaps I will 
cover some of that in my next audio letter.  It will be more information for 
you and Maria for example, but people like Josh and Liz will probably fall 
asleep because they’ve heard it before *lol*.  But if Liz falls asleep perhaps 
then we’ll be able to get rid of the cold weather that we have here and send it 
back to Canada *lol*.  

 On Feb 17, 2015, at 1:50 PM, randy tijerina <rtijerina3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> thanks...I'll have a look see....how...if I wanna record an audio thing for 
> the group to hear...What shall I do?
> At 01:43 PM 2/17/2015, you wrote:
>> Hi Randy, I am about to go over and share the group box folder.  you will 
>> then get a message from dropbox.  It will say it comes from 
>> the.shadow483@xxxxxxxxx that is the account that I have linked to DB.  If it 
>> doesn’t show up in your mail then check your spam folder because it may 
>> put dropbox’s mail there when it comes.  The e-mail will have a link and 
>> you can do your sign up and it will then add that folder automatically to 
>> the folders you would have by default in DB.  So be on the lookout.  I am 
>> sending you the message first before doing it so as it won’t catch you off 
>> guard, or ou won’t find dropbox’s e-mail sitting in your spam folder and 
>> wonder, “who is that?”
>> 
>> > On Feb 16, 2015, at 11:01 PM, randy tijerina <rtijerina3@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > i'd appreciate it...I'd love to make friends here.
>> > At 10:45 PM 2/16/2015, you wrote:
>> >> I can send you an invite, is this address okay?
>> >>
>> >> Once you get the invite you would then set up your account on the web, 
>> >> once that verify, since it would be letting you into a shared folder it 
>> >> would automatically add the shared folder into your folders.
>> >>
>> >> You can access either via the web or you can download and install the 
>> >> dropbox tool on your computer.  If you have the tool on your computer you 
>> >> just go to a given file then use the context key and one of the options 
>> >> will say upload to dropbox.  It will then upload.  then if you can copy 
>> >> paste the new file over into the group box folder if it’s something 
>> >> for us, then the rest of us should get a notify about it being added then 
>> >> we just copy and paste it ourselves to our machines and listen to it.  We 
>> >> usually keep a file up there for 2 weeks because dropbox is somewhat 
>> >> limited in space compared to sendspace and each file you have counts 
>> >> against your space regardless of what folder you have it in.  The nice 
>> >> thing about dropbox is that it can been used between phones and computers 
>> >> unlike sendspace.  .  To access a file on Sendspace using a phone you 
>> >> would have to use your browser on the phone.
>> >>
>> >> I will probably be doing a letter in the next day or two, and so I can 
>> >> explain some of this verbally too on there, and once posted you will at 
>> >> least have more of an idea of how I do it at least.
>> >>
>> >> Oh when you put the dropbox tool on your computer, after the install it 
>> >> has a tour which isn’t overly accessible for some screen readers, it 
>> >> will just sort of go quiet, just hit enter a few times and at the last 
>> >> page of it it will start talking again, at that point it will give you 
>> >> some more space since you did the tour.  Can’t remember if 
>> >> that’s before you put in your account info or after.  Oh and dropbox 
>> >> works with the 3 platforms, sendspace is useless in linux unless you use 
>> >> the browser, but that’s not so great either.  But you can upload and 
>> >> download files with a browser on either site.  Although I’ve never 
>> >> downloaded a file from my own stuff with browser in dropbox I’m 
>> >> pretty sure it can be done.
>> >>
>> >> Now off to go have some supper finally.  Not sure why I’ve waited so 
>> >> long today, but am now actually getting hungry *lol*.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > On Feb 16, 2015, at 9:42 PM, randy tijerina <rtijerina3@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > How do I even get set up with uploading a dropbox thinggy?
>> >> > At 09:24 PM 2/16/2015, you wrote:
>> >> >> Sounds good, I think that is what a pen-pal group is about right?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > On Feb 16, 2015, at 9:22 PM, randy tijerina <rtijerina3@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I'll see what i can do..to get the group familiar with me and my 
>> >> >> > ways of life. How's that sound?
>> >> >> > At 09:18 PM 2/16/2015, you wrote:
>> >> >> >> Hi Randy, first of all, just relax.  This is an informal group and 
>> >> >> >> usually as low stress as possible.  Many of us have a rather 
>> >> >> >> demented sense of humor.  We use the e-mail side of the group to 
>> >> >> >> just generally chat.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Most who do audio use file storage/sharing sites and just post 
>> >> >> >> links, or in the case of dropbox we do have a common folder which 
>> >> >> >> if you are a dropbox user and are interested, just give me the 
>> >> >> >> address you will want the invite to go to.  Those seem to be the 
>> >> >> >> two most reliable services that don’t limit users or 
>> >> >> >> such things.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> People have used computers, phones and recorders to record letters 
>> >> >> >> and other stuff for members to listen to.  Most are letters, but I 
>> >> >> >> did send up a batch of thunderstorms that I recorded one time.  
>> >> >> >> They were pretty good ones too.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> We’ve got people using macs, windows computer, and even 
>> >> >> >> darling in linux here.  Might not be able to answer all things, but 
>> >> >> >> can at least speculate pretty good.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Fortunately you signed up on the freelists.org group which tends to 
>> >> >> >> have more mail going through it than the missives version.  That 
>> >> >> >> one has members though who aren’t over here usually 
>> >> >> >> because of accessibility problems.  But any audio that comes across 
>> >> >> >> especially lately I share across anyway.  I also archive copies now 
>> >> >> >> up on sendspace in an archive.  We don’t care what 
>> >> >> >> format you use, but for the archive I convert them into .mp3.  That 
>> >> >> >> seems to be the most universal, although .m4a actually compresses 
>> >> >> >> smaller.  Well .m4 does.  But you use what you can.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On Feb 16, 2015, at 8:58 PM, randy tijerina 
>> >> >> >> <rtijerina3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > hello everyone, this is Randy Tijerina from San antonio 
>> >> >> >> > Texas.....I haven't the faintest idea how to even begin to post 
>> >> >> >> > this thing in audio!.
>> >> >> >> > I'll begin by saying, I'm Randy Tijerina...I live in San Antonio 
>> >> >> >> > Texas. I'm 41 years old.
>> >> >> >> > I love music from the fifties through the eighties. I love 
>> >> >> >> > languages.
>> >> >> >> > i'm working on learning...trying to anyways....German, and 
>> >> >> >> > Portuguese and some Swedish.
>> >> >> >> > I can speak some Russian.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > I'd love to make some friends from the 
>> >> >> >> > Uk..Germany....anywhere..aussie land...anywhere!.
>> >> >> >> > I hope...this is ok for now?
>> >> >> >> > Geez...i'm nervous!.
>> >> >> >> >
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