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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">(I apologize for this email being duplicated over two listservs.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">In Minnesota, we are making our final push to move away from our lingering cassette recordings. A few are NLS RDs that we internally copied to cassettes many decades ago, but most are recordings from our
partner agency up in St. Paul, Minnesota: MN9A. They didn’t retain masters on reels so we’re left to work with cassette derivative “masters.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">With that being said, here are my questions…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Has anyone recently purchased a cassette deck for digitizing analog talking books on a PC? If so, which model did you use? Personally, I want to purchase a new model with a USB connection, like the
<a href="https://teac-usa.com/cassete-deck-cd-players/w-1200-dual-cassette-deck">
TEAC W-1200</a> or (the nearly identical) <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1413241-REG/tascam_202mkvii_professional_rack_mount_dual_cassette.html">
Tascam 202MKVII</a>. I worry that buying some high-end deck from decades ago would be impossible to fix or maintain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Also, did your library purchase an amp to enhance the recordings? Do you have any recommendations?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Which software did you use? (We have Sound Forge, HABC and Audacity.) And, did you purchase a hiss removal plug-in?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I look forward to any suggestions or feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">-Dan in Minnesota<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dan Malosh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Systems and Digital Services Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">507-384-6869 |<span style="color:#003865">
<a href="mailto:dan.malosh@state.mn.us"><span style="color:blue">dan.malosh@state.mn.us</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">388 SE 6th Ave, Faribault, MN 55021-6340<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://education.mn.gov/btbl"><span style="color:blue">https://education.mn.gov/btbl</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#003865">| </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://webopac.klas.com/mn1aopac/"><span style="color:blue">Library Catalog</span></a><span style="color:#003865"> |
</span><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/login/MN1A"><span style="color:blue">MN BARD</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><img border="0" width="320" height="74" style="width:3.3333in;height:.7678in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01D8B899.3CA67A80" alt="Braille and Talking Book Library"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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