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RecordingPDFNarrationsOnaMacComputer:

1. Todeterminewhichsoundinputisbeingused,firstgoto‘SystemPreferences’andselect‘Sound’

2. Selectthe‘Input’tabatthetopofthedialogueboxa. InternalMicrophonewillautomaticallybeselectedifyoudon’thavean

externalmicrophonepluggedinb. Ifyouhaveanexternalmicrophonepluggedin,makesureitisselectedunder

‘Input’i. AdjusttheInputVolumedependingonthesensitivityofyourmicrophoneandtalkingvolume

3. OpenupGarageBand(canbefoundunder‘Applications’inyourFinder)4. Select‘Voice’fromtheopeningdialoguebox

a. Ifapreviousfileopensautomatically,select‘File’à‘New’togettothedialoguebox

5. Press‘Record”(theredcircleatthetopoftheapplicationwindow)a. GarageBandwillbeginrecordinginputsoundsfromwhicheversourceis

selectedinstep26. Aftercompletingthenarration,press‘Stop’(whitesquareattopofapplication

window)7. Toplaybackthroughthenarration,movethe‘Playheadthumb’towhereyouwould

liketostartlisteningfrom(seescreenshot)

8. Iftherearesectionsthatdonotneedtobeincludedinthefinalversion,theycanbecutbyclickinganddraggingtheedgeofthesoundbar(seescreenshot)

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a. Tocutaportioninthemiddle,placethePlayheadthumbatthebeginningofthedesiredsectiontocut,rightclickandselect‘SplitatPlayhead’

9. Tosavethefinalnarrationproductasasoundfile(i.e.MP3)insteadofaGarageBandfile,select‘Share’fromthetopmenu

10. Next,select‘ExportSongtoDisk’whichwillopenupadialogueboxtosavethefile11. Select‘MP3’asthefiletypeatthebottomofthedialogueboxand‘HighQuality’from

thedropdownmenu(seescreenshot)

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12. ThenarrationisnowreadytogoasanMP3file,whichisthegenerallyacceptedfileextension(it’swhatwasusedonthenarrationfeaturedonthewebsite)

OnaniPhone:

1. Openthe‘VoiceMemos’application2. Press‘Record’

a. Applicationwillautomaticallybeginrecordingaudiofromthepriorityinputdevice(i.e.headphoneswithabuiltinmicrophonewilltakepriorityoverthephone’sinternalmicrophone)

3. Presstheredsquare(samespotasrecordwas)tostoptherecording4. Whenyouarefinished,pressdoneandadialogueboxwillautomaticallypromptto

nametheaudiofile5. Togettheaudiorecordingontoacomputer,selecttherecordingandpressthe

symbolofasquarewithanarrowontheleft-handside(‘Share’)a. Chooseyourpreferredmethodfromtheavailableoptions

6. ToeditthesoundfileonaMac,youcaneither:a. Rightclickonthefileand‘OpenWith…’QuickTimePlayer

i. Select‘Edit’fromthetopmenuandselect‘Trim’ii. YoucanthentrimthefilesimilarlytoGarageBand(step8ofMac

section)b. PutthefileintoGarageBandandeditandexportfromthere(usingstepsin

Macsection)i. OpenaNarrationfile

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ii. Rightclickontheaudiosectionoftheapplication(wheretheaudioboxappears)andselect‘AddAudioFile’whichwillautomaticallybringuptheFindertoselectthedesiredaudiofile

OnaWindowsComputer:

1. Toselecttheinputaudiodevice,open‘ControlPanel’à‘Sound’2. Selectthe‘Recording’tabatthetopofthedialoguebox3. Selecttheinputdevicetouse(i.e.externalmicrophoneorinternalmicrophone)4. OpentheVoiceRecorderApp(canbefoundbysearchingintheStartmenu)5. Pressthe‘Record’buttoninthemiddleoftheapplicationscreentostartrecording

a. Appwillautomaticallystartrecordingusingtheselectedaudioinput6. Theflagiconbelowtherecordingbuttoncanbeusedtoflagspecificpartsofthe

recordingtohighlightplacestocomebackto,orplacestoeditlater7. Tostoptherecording,pressthe‘Stop’button(squareatthecentreofthewindow

wheretherecordbuttonwastostart)a. Therecordingwillautomaticallybeaddedtothelistofpreviousrecordings

withanameanddatecreatedi. Torenamearecording,rightclickonitandselect‘Rename’

8. Totrimarecording,selectthedesiredrecordingfromthelistontheapptoopenit9. Selectthe‘Trim’iconatthebottomofthescreenbelowtheprogress/timebar

(directlytotheleftofthetrashcanicon)10. Verticallineswillappearontheprogressbarthatcanbedraggedtothedesired

pointa. Theportionoftherecordingoutsideofthelineswillberemoved

11. Selectthecheckmark/okiconatthebottomofthewindowwhenfinishedtrimming