We have recently set up a tape deck and amplifier in the Arrernte Language Office at the Desert People’s Centre campus. This means we can digitise cassette tapes, converting them to files that can be easily copied and made available to families. Digitising audio unlocks the potential to create new language resources and for people to hear voices from the past. We hope that people in Alice Springs who have old tapes will bring them in to the Arrernte Language Office for digitising. We can assist people to learn how to use the equipment and also show them ways to work with the digital files.
We have collaborated with a number of community teams to create resources based around audio that was recorded in the past. Much of this has been digitised from cassette tape. Follow the links below to see a couple of examples of the way that old recordings can be re-presented in new and interesting ways.
Antarrengeny Awely | Alyawarr Women’s songs from Antarrengeny
The digitising equipment is a similar set up to what we have been working with in Maningrida, digitising the Maningrida College collection as part of the Maningrida Digitising Project. This has been a very positive experience, with many people in Maningrida taking advantage of the digitising project to watch and listen to recordings, accessing copies on USB and taking them home.
- This article originally appears at:
- http://central.batchelor.edu.au/digitising-setup/
- Article taken from the following publication:
- Central Australia | NT Language Centre Support Program
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