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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, James Miller wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > My partner listens to Recordings for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. 
> > They are still sending out tapes but will probably switch to CD.  He 
> > wonders if he can rip the CD to mp3 and somehow speed it up (delete one out 
> > of three sampled bits) since he likes to listen faster.  He has modified 
> > tape players to let him adjust the speed (different size pulleys, 
> > resistors, switches - various approaches).
>
> Sure, you can convert from wav (audio cd's are usually wav, I think) to mp3 
> with any number of Linux apps. mp3blaster has such an option in its 
> interface. I'd go with ogg rather than mp3, though (oog is a more open 
> format). THere are all kinds of sound editing apps for Linux, too, so you 
> should be able to manipulate those ogg's/mp3's however you want.

Even DOS cdroast comes with a way to make wav into mp3.

> James
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