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Old January 19, 2009, 10:13 AM
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Using Audacity and Podcasts

Hello:

I'm sure many of you already know about this, but for those who don't it's a great tool. I really like to listen to Spanish mp3 podcasts, but sometimes the speed of the speech is a little too fast for me. What you can do is download a free program called Audacity, import the mp3 into the program, and then slow the speech by whatever rate you want...-5%, -10% etc. Plus, you don't lose the pitch of the speakers voices.

I think it's a great tool for language learners.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows

P.S. If you download the program, make sure you also download the LAME MP3 Encoder so you can save your edited files in MP3 format.
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