Comments on: National Day of Listening

By: anon

anon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:08:21 +0000

Thanks, Mis! I already have Audacity so this may be easier than I thought.

In other words, you have the hope of Audacity.

By: Miscreant

Miscreant — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:17:46 +0000

“I already have Audacity”

Indeed, you do.

By: cassandra_m

cassandra_m — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:13:26 +0000

Thanks, Mis! I already have Audacity so this may be easier than I thought.

By: liberalgeek

liberalgeek — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:30:57 +0000

fixed it for you Mis.

By: Miscreant

Miscreant — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:12:26 +0000

I guess I put too many links in that last one (I’m in moderation*).
Anyway, Cassandra, just get a free download called Audacity. It can transfer your tapes to CD. All you need is an inexpensive audio cable, which you may already have.

* Or,I’m being censored for my conservative points of view.
HA!

By: Miscreant

Miscreant — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:07:16 +0000

I was raised by my grandparents, and I’d give anything to have one more hour with them(…lies, and all…).

“Oddly, I still have those tapes and we’ve been trying to figure out how to get them digitizes, because there is likely good stuff there.”

Cassandra,
There are several ways to transfer cassettes to CD. Some are free:

http://www.webtechgeek.com/How-to-Burn-Copy-a-Cassette-or-LP-to-CDR.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq5CSJ7LzrU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nYEhuhx20E&feature=fvw

By: cassandra_m

cassandra_m — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:22:31 +0000

My brother and I did some oral history of a sort when we were kids and somehow absconded with a tape recorder my mother used for her work. But we used it to pretend we were reporters on 60 Minutes or something crazy and asked questions of whatever adults would sit down and give us the time of day. Oddly, I still have those tapes and we’ve been trying to figure out how to get them digitizes, because there is likely good stuff there.

But people do lie, and sometimes that is on purpose and sometimes because memory does change. Still, though, I’d love to have a chance to speak to my great-grandfather who many people tell me I am very much like.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:33:29 +0000

My elders have all passed on, but we’ve done a lot of oral history with members of my community.

People lie so much… I’m not sure what the value of this will be.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:13:01 +0000

I’d interview my grandmothers and ask them about WWII and my family – and how life in Berlin was.

I know I’d never get answers to those questions – you just didn’t ask them – but i still would love to know and I would NOT judge anybody no matter whatthe answers.