Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Stephen Brownfield]

My friend also has a hearing problem.  Maybe instead of trying slow the 
file down, we can play with the tone adjustments. I'll let you know if 
that works.


Steve


Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:

That is a good point.

I have hearing problems, and I have a hard time hearing certain ranges 
of voice.


Certain radio stations (sometimes NPR) and some books on tape use 
speakers whose voice range is in the lower end which makes it hard for 
me to always understand what they are saying.  (I have to turn the 
bass way down in my car and that sucks!)


I think a good machine with a good tone adjustment would help a lot.

Stewart


At 08:18 PM 10/18/2008, you wrote:

Good Luck. An awful lot of work. What I've been wondering is why this
person has trouble comprehending speech at normal speed? When you talk
to them, do they ask you to slow down?

My point being, perhaps the speed isn't the problem at all.


On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Stephen Brownfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tony,
>Yeah, to do it easily would be nice, but my original post 
stated: "Is
> there a way to do this with Windows Media Player?  If not, do you 
have any
> other ideas?" Audacity is another idea.   I'll try it and see if 
does what

> he wants.  If it does, then I'll see if I can teach him to use it.


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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Rev. Stewart Marshall]

That is a good point.

I have hearing problems, and I have a hard time hearing certain 
ranges of voice.


Certain radio stations (sometimes NPR) and some books on tape use 
speakers whose voice range is in the lower end which makes it hard 
for me to always understand what they are saying.  (I have to turn 
the bass way down in my car and that sucks!)


I think a good machine with a good tone adjustment would help a lot.

Stewart


At 08:18 PM 10/18/2008, you wrote:

Good Luck. An awful lot of work. What I've been wondering is why this
person has trouble comprehending speech at normal speed? When you talk
to them, do they ask you to slow down?

My point being, perhaps the speed isn't the problem at all.


On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Stephen Brownfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tony,
>Yeah, to do it easily would be nice, but my original post 
stated: "Is

> there a way to do this with Windows Media Player?  If not, do you have any
> other ideas?" Audacity is another idea.   I'll try it and see if does what
> he wants.  If it does, then I'll see if I can teach him to use it.


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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Tony B]

Good Luck. An awful lot of work. What I've been wondering is why this
person has trouble comprehending speech at normal speed? When you talk
to them, do they ask you to slow down?

My point being, perhaps the speed isn't the problem at all.


On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Stephen Brownfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tony,
>Yeah, to do it easily would be nice, but my original post stated: "Is
> there a way to do this with Windows Media Player?  If not, do you have any
> other ideas?" Audacity is another idea.   I'll try it and see if does what
> he wants.  If it does, then I'll see if I can teach him to use it.


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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Stephen Brownfield]

Tony,
Yeah, to do it easily would be nice, but my original post 
stated: "Is there a way to do this with Windows Media Player?  If not, 
do you have any other ideas?" Audacity is another idea.   I'll try it 
and see if does what he wants.  If it does, then I'll see if I can teach 
him to use it.


Steve


Tony B wrote:

Well, pretty much *any* audio editing app will do it. But that wasn't
the question. I mean, you can't load an entire multipart audiobook
into Audacity and listen to it. Not easily, anyway.



On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Stephen Brownfield
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Thanks. That is what I needed to know.


Tom Piwowar wrote:


The pitch of the audio will likely also have to be controlled so  that it
does not become difficult to understand as the speed is slowed  down.  I
know of a Mac application that handles both the playback  speed as well as
the pitch, but I know nothing of such for Windows.



Audacity will do this. Is cross platform.
  



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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Steve Rigby]

On Oct 17, 2008, at 8:13 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote:


Steve,
What is the Mac program?


  Here are two links, the first to "The Amazing Slow Downer" which  
will do exactly what you are looking for, though only on the  
Macintosh, and the second is "Praat," actually a lingusitics  
application that may or may not work for your purposes although it  
does run on Windows as well as Mac.


http://www.ronimusic.com/amsldox.htm

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

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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Tony B]

Well, pretty much *any* audio editing app will do it. But that wasn't
the question. I mean, you can't load an entire multipart audiobook
into Audacity and listen to it. Not easily, anyway.



On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Stephen Brownfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks. That is what I needed to know.
>
>
> Tom Piwowar wrote:
>>>
>>> The pitch of the audio will likely also have to be controlled so  that it
>>> does not become difficult to understand as the speed is slowed  down.  I
>>> know of a Mac application that handles both the playback  speed as well as
>>> the pitch, but I know nothing of such for Windows.
>>>
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>> Audacity will do this. Is cross platform.


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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Stephen Brownfield]

Thanks. That is what I needed to know.


Tom Piwowar wrote:
The pitch of the audio will likely also have to be controlled so  
that it does not become difficult to understand as the speed is slowed  
down.  I know of a Mac application that handles both the playback  
speed as well as the pitch, but I know nothing of such for Windows.



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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Tom Piwowar]

>The pitch of the audio will likely also have to be controlled so  
>that it does not become difficult to understand as the speed is slowed  
>down.  I know of a Mac application that handles both the playback  
>speed as well as the pitch, but I know nothing of such for Windows.

Audacity will do this. Is cross platform.


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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Stephen Brownfield]

Steve,
 What is the Mac program?
Thanks

Steve B



Steve Rigby wrote:

On Oct 17, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote:

A friend of mine, who is blind, would like to slow down the speed of 
his MP3s (mostly audio books).  Is there a way to do this with 
Windows Media Player?  If not do you have any other ideas? He is 
running Windows XP.

Thanks


  The pitch of the audio will likely also have to be controlled so 
that it does not become difficult to understand as the speed is slowed 
down.  I know of a Mac application that handles both the playback 
speed as well as the pitch, but I know nothing of such for Windows.


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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Steve Rigby]

On Oct 17, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote:

A friend of mine, who is blind, would like to slow down the speed of  
his MP3s (mostly audio books).  Is there a way to do this with  
Windows Media Player?  If not do you have any other ideas? He is  
running Windows XP.

Thanks


  The pitch of the audio will likely also have to be controlled so  
that it does not become difficult to understand as the speed is slowed  
down.  I know of a Mac application that handles both the playback  
speed as well as the pitch, but I know nothing of such for Windows.


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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[db]

Consumer based audio players do not do what you are looking for. Not 
sure about e reader software.


Specialized audio transcription software are made to do that.  Not sure 
if it supports your file  type but you can google around to find out.


db

gerald wrote:

you would need some program to fit in spaces, otherwise the frequency of the 
audio drops.  sort of like an old vinyl starting up.  
mooo..up.  they make one that speeds up speech by 
cutting out pieces of the advertisement.

At 07:05 PM 10/17/2008, you wrote:
  

A friend of mine, who is blind, would like to slow down the speed of his MP3s 
(mostly audio books).  Is there a way to do this with Windows Media Player?  If 
not do you have any other ideas? He is running Windows XP.
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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[gerald]

you would need some program to fit in spaces, otherwise the frequency of the 
audio drops.  sort of like an old vinyl starting up.  
mooo..up.  they make one that speeds up speech by 
cutting out pieces of the advertisement.

At 07:05 PM 10/17/2008, you wrote:
>A friend of mine, who is blind, would like to slow down the speed of his MP3s 
>(mostly audio books).  Is there a way to do this with Windows Media Player?  
>If not do you have any other ideas? He is running Windows XP.
>Thanks
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[CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

[Stephen Brownfield]

A friend of mine, who is blind, would like to slow down the speed of his 
MP3s (mostly audio books).  Is there a way to do this with Windows Media 
Player?  If not do you have any other ideas? He is running Windows XP.

Thanks

Steve


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