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MP3 Patent Countdown

Various Sagebrush programs are able to record and play MP3, but only if you already have an ACM MP3 audio codec installed on your computer, which was common during Windows XP but less  likely in later versions of Windows. We do not bundle an MP3 encoder with our products because the technology is covered by [...]

RecAll-PRO and RecAll on MacIntosh OS X

Previously we described how to run RecAll-PRO, RecAll, and other Sagebrush programs on Ubuntu Linux, using the free open-source Wine software library. Here we show how to do the same thing with MacIntosh running OS X on an Intel CPU. The easiest way to install Wine on OS X is with WineBottler. Download and install [...]

Voice-O-Graph

Remember when voice recording was hard? Rare? A special event? Cost money? Required special hardware? Full size ad at Vintage Ads. More ads and hardware photos at Pinrepair. Recording on YouTube. (hat tip BoingBoing) Related Posts: Recording in the News Anniversary of BetaMax Decision

Installing RecAll-PRO and RecAll on Ubuntu Linux

Although developed for Windows, Recall-PRO can be executed on the Linux operating system using the free Wine software compatibility layer. RecAll-PRO + Wine should also work on other flavors of Linux, but for the purposes of this article we focus on Ubuntu because of its current popularity and for the simple reason that some of [...]

When Time Stamps Go Bad 2

News.com reports Ohio electronic voting machines have privacy issues involving time stamps. “Two Ohio activists have discovered that e-voting machines made by Election Systems and Software and used across the country produce time-stamped paper trails that permit the reconstruction of an election’s results–including allowing voter names to be matched to their actual votes.” — Declan [...]

Recording in the News

Recording traffic stop results in felony charge. Link [via] Passenger tapes interview with pilot and questions flight delay. Link [via] Bike theft recording transformed into music video. Link [via] Privatized downtown may prohibit photos/recording. Link [via] Parents’ voice-activated recorder not admissible as evidence against bus driver. Link

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