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Digitize the original FSI Spanish

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Category: Learning Languages
Forum Name: Spanish
Forum Discription: Discussion about studying Spanish using the FSI course.
URL: http://fsi-language-courses.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=608
Printed Date: 16 January 2009 at 2:48am


Topic: Digitize the original FSI Spanish
Posted By: pdj1961
Subject: Digitize the original FSI Spanish
Date Posted: 20 May 2008 at 12:41pm
I have the complete FSI Spanish tapes and books, Volumes 1 through 55, not the programmatic, in perfect condition, and could digitize them and send them to this site.  This is twice the complete Barron's course, and four times as much as Barron's Volume 1.  The later units, half of the original course, I think Unit 31 to Unit 55, are not available through Barron's.  This course is somewhat different fromt he programmatic, and would be a great compliment to that currently available here.  I see that it has been awhile since there has been additions to the basic course which is currently being worked on. How do I do this?  I need to get some sort of software to digitize, then I need to know who to send the digitized tapes to.  I can begin this, and it will take some time, but I do not know where to start.
 
Paul Jacobs
 
mailto:pdj1961@peoplepc.com - pdj1961@peoplepc.com
 
 


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Paul Jacobs



Replies:
Posted By: Chung
Date Posted: 20 May 2008 at 1:50pm
- For scanning, you need a scanner and software (usually Adobe Acrobat)
- For recording, you need a tape deck, male-male stereo cable (about $10 at Circuit City) and Audacity (free downloadable recording software - run a search on Google).

Both tasks are tedious, and it's up to you which one you'd like to start. If you could detach the pages from the book and feed several pages into the scanner (rather than opening and closing the lid for each page), that'd make scanning a little easier.

Recording cannot be accelerated as you'd just play the tapes as is. The computer will receive the sound in its microphone output from the tape deck's headphones output, while Audacity would record the sound and afterwards allow you to edit (e.g. add tracks, do hiss reduction) and convert the recording into MP3.


Posted By: lingua
Date Posted: 23 May 2008 at 6:43am
I don't know anything about scanning, but I know some scans won't print, because their like photographs, instead of text.
 
I have digitized tapes, tho. If you don't have a tape player, you can get a good used one for about $10 bucks at a Goodwill or Thrift store. Just record the audio to your harddrive in MP3 format and then check and adjust the dB level. Here's a couple of free programs that'll do it.
 
  http://www.snapfiles.com/get/messer.html - http://www.snapfiles.com/get/messer.html
 
  http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/MP3Gain/mp3gain.html - http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/MP3Gain/mp3gain.html



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