"Sound Advice:” A Digital Audio Primer for Language Teachers *
PSMLA 2006
Erie

Claire Bradin Siskin 
University of Pittsburgh
cbsiskin@pitt.edu

 

Elizabeth Wylie-Ernst, Ph. D.
University of Pittsburgh
Trithemius1@aol.com

Audio Recording Options:

Note: With all of these options, once the files are created, they can be played on either a PC or a Macintosh

Software

Availability

Platform

File formats

Comments

SoundRecorder

Comes with Windows



PC only

wav

Easy to use; wav files are very large; default time limit for files is 60 seconds

Audio Recorder Free download:
http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17392
Mac only aiff, wav, mp3 easy to use

PureVoice

Free download:

http://www.cdmatech.com/solutions/products/purevoice.jsp

PC

Purevoice "qcp" format, wav

can insert or overwrite in a file

Audacity

Free download:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net

 

PC & Mac

wav, aiff, mp3

Allows editing;
more complicated than the above;

available in several languages

Praat

Free download:

http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/

PC & Mac

aiff, wav, many others

for speech analysis and synthesis

For more information, see this Guide to Digital Audio Formats:

http://www.teamcombooks.com/mp3handbook/12.htm

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Resources:

Hot Potatoes: http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/index.htm

Primer for PC audio: http://www.highcriteria.com/ (Click on "Primer for PC Audio.)

Word Processing-based Activitiesfor a Language Class :http://www.edvista.com/claire/wp.html

Horizon Wimba ("web-based collaboration software designed for online education, language learning and live interactive communications): http://www.horizonwimba.com/

Tapped In ("online workplace of an international community of education professionals"): http://www.tappedin.org

PalTalk: http://www.paltalk.com/

Skype: http://www.skype.com

YackCasting ("giving your group voice online"): http://www.yackcasting.com/

Podcasting: Audio on the Internet Comes of Age (By Graham Stanley): http://tesl-ej.org/ej36/int.html

Resources for Podcasting: http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/workshops/techspring06/podcasts.html

Podomatic (host your own podcasts): http://www.podomatic.com/

Odeo ("a creative way to create and share audio"): http://odeo.com/

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Presentation for the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association Conference on October 20, Erie, PA.

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