Sunday, January 28, 2007

A Quick Look at Audio Formats

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Outside of the government and the military, the computer world uses the most acronyms. This is especially true for the names of audio formats. There are dozens of formats, each with its own reason for being and with its own strengths and weaknesses.

But what do all of those names mean? And how do you deal with an audio file that you’re not familiar with? This TechTip looks at some popular audio formats and some of their characteristics.

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Sunday, January 21, 2007

PDFs on the Cheap in Windows

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The Portable Document Format (PDF), created by Adobe Systems has become a popular way to exchange and print documents. You see PDFs just about everywhere—on the Web, included with the software you buy, and even the documents sent to commercial printers. It’s easy to understand the popularity of PDF because they maintain the formatting—the layout, images, fonts, and more—of the original document.

Conventional wisdom says that you need Adobe Acrobat to be able to create PDF files in Windows. With a $299 price tag, Acrobat is a little pricey for the average user. It also packs more features than most of us will ever use.

Anyway, you don’t need to spend that kind of money to create and manipulate PDFs. You can do it cheaply, and even for free. Curious? Then keep reading.

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Sunday, January 14, 2007

Improving Skype Audio in Windows

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Skype is arguably the most popular Web telephony service out there. Using Skype, you can easily make calls from one PC to another, or from a PC to telephone—anywhere in the world.

One common complaint about Skype is that the quality of the calls varies widely. If you’ve used Skype for any length of time, you know what I’m talking about: echoes, sound delays, the sound dropping out, and even calls being dropped. There are a number of simple changes that you can make to both your system settings and the settings of your Skype client software to improve the audio quality of your Skype calls.

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Sunday, January 07, 2007

Recording a Podcast with Audacity

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Like Web pages and blogs before them, podcasts have seen a surge in popularity. In many ways, a podcast is like having a personal radio show, except that your audience is the World Wide Web. Believe it or not, recording a podcast is easy. All you need is a microphone and the right software. A popular application for recording podcasts is Audacity.

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