Hi Arthur, Is the issue a change in the Audible license manager or the release of the new higher quality .aax format? The new format is supposed to also support additional features, such as embedded images in kids books, so this could affect all such conversion programs (from SoundTaxi, Macsome, etc.) After your post I did some checking, and there's a review on Macupdate that says Macsome's product worked fine until the release of the .aax formats. On the other hand, the latest post I read from someone who uses this and recommended it is only 3 months old -- so perhaps this still works for the other file formats? Also, Macupdate shows the latest version update from Macsome was released only 10 days ago (June 21, 2012).
I haven't used the Macsome program myself, as I noted in my original post. Cheers, Esther On Jul 1, 2012, Arthur Barney wrote: > Hi Esther, > SoundTaxi used too work, but Audible.com has changed there manager, and now > it doesn't work anymore. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 10:47 AM > Subject: Converting Audible files to MP3 [was Re: Audiobook Builder > questions.] > > >> Hello All, >> >> I seem to have missed the question Arthur is replying to about directly >> converting Audible files to MP3s. However, if you want to do this you can >> try a program called Macsome Audiobook Converter from: >> http://www.macsome.com >> This is not a freeware program; it costs $34.95. They now have a Windows >> version of their program in addition to their Mac version, although I think >> Windows users have been able to use a program called SoundTaxi. Note that >> you must be able to legally play your Audible files in iTunes in order to >> use this software; it saves you from going through the steps of writing out >> to CD and ripping back to MP3. I haven't used this program myself, although >> I know others have. >> >> This subject is different from Jim's original questions about Audiobook >> Builder, which I believe he is using to construct single, chapterized >> audiobooks from either MP3 files or from audiobook CDs without DRM. >> Accordingly, I've changed the subject line. >> >> I'll also point out that the Macsome site has some free audio tools such as >> AudioSplitter and AudioEditor. I picked up the reference to this site in a >> post Rossy made a couple of years ago about using audio editing tools to >> extend the scripts that the Italian VoiceOver user group created for text to >> speech audio files. For more information on those, see the English version >> of their script pages at: >> http://www.universalaccess.it/script-english/ >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
