Audio
is basically organized in three different ways: voice, sound
effects, and music. Audio is an extremely important mediaform
in human communication and expression. Unfortunately, it has
not been utilized as a constructive method of communication
in most business and corporate settings. Using a digital audio
editor, audio production in the workplace is very easy.
2.
AUDIO PLAYERS
In
order to play back (or hear) audio files on your computer, you
need certain player utilities. These players are free and can
be easily installed from the host website:
It
is important to be able to download audio files you find on
the Internet.
On
a PC (Windows) - XP
1.
Move
your cursor over the name of the audio file (linked).
2.
Right-click.
A window should appear.
3.
Move
cursor to “Save Target As”
4.
Release
mouse. A large window will appear. The file will be listed
as the name of the file followed by the extension -.wav.”
This is how you can check to see you are downloading an
actual audio file.
5.
Locate
your Desktop folder
6.
Click
Save. The audio file will be downloaded to your folder.
On
a Mac (Apple) - Mac OSX
1.
Move
your cursor over the name of the audio file (linked).
2.
If
you have a three button mouse, Right-click. If you have
a single button mouse, hold down the CTRL key and click.
A window should appear.
3.
Move
cursor to “Download Linked File”
4.
The
audio file will be downloaded to your Desktop.
5.
You
will have to find the audio file on the Desktop and then
drag it into your folder.
4.
VOICE - ONLINE VOICE GENERATORS - TTS SITES
The
following sites generate speech from text. Type in your text
and the site reads it back in the form of audio. You can then
download the results as an audio file.
