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by Answer Rabbit on April 12th, 2006

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Can I play audio books on my iPod?

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  • by RedJohn on April 12th, 2006

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    Any audio file that can be imported into iTunes can be downloaded to an iPod. If the audio book is on a CD, you should be able to import it into iTunes easily using whatever compression scheme you choose (e.g., uncompressed WAV, Apple lossless encoder, AAC, or MP3).

    If the audio book is on a cassette tape, it can be digitized using your PC and then imported into iTunes. This is described in an answer I wrote to a question under Electronics / Audio / Tape decks (http://www.answerbag.com/a_edit.php?ea=33643), which is reproduced below.

    By the way, the iTunes software is a cheap and easy way to manage your audio files and form the core of a computer-based music system, even without an iPod. Since iTunes provides uncompressed audio formats, an audio souirce can be imported without any loss in quality.

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    Digitizing audio tapes...

    You need to record the music from the tapes using an audio card with a two-channel, line level input. You connect the line level outputs of the cassette deck to the line level inputs of the audio card. You will need to record the songs one by one or you can record the entire tape in a single block, cutting it into individual songs using an audio editor.

    I use a very good audio editor called 'Audacity', which available from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ . It is free and is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

    You may already have a sound card with this capability installed in your computer. The card you connect your speakers to may also have line level inputs. Most of the SoundBlaster cards or integrated Analog Devices chipsets (SoundMax) can do this. But be cautious with the quality of these devices - they are not all they are cracked up to be in their advertising material. A semi-pro or pro-audio card will do a much better job. You probably won't find one at your local computer store, but you can find them them on-line or at a music store. I use an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 and find it works quite well for the price. The 2496 is a basic two-channel card and supports two analog line level inputs / outputs (up to 24-bit, 96 kHz sample rate), S/PDIF I/O, and MIDI. There are many other companies making suitable products as well.

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  • by LibrarianLisa on April 12th, 2006

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    You can buy audio books for your ipod from places like itunes and audible.com, as well as others. Additionally, there are some sites out there that give you directions on how to convert books on cd to fully functioning audiobooks on your ipod (if you just import them regularly, it will treat each track as a song) Here is one place with directions for doing it yourself: http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/itunsabk.htm

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