Audacity Forum

OK, first of all, try recording something, anything using Windows Sound Recorder. Microsoft provide instructions here: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/app_soundrecorder.mspx?mfr=true If that does not work then your machine may be broken and you may need...

If PulseAudio is running when Audacity is launched then it should be listed in both the recording (Input) and playback (Output) boxes of the Device Toolbar and in the "Help > Audio Device Info".

There are several different talking dictionaries and as far as I'm aware there is no common standard. You will need to consult the documentation for the talking dictionary that you are working with, or ask on their support forum (if they have one).

Import the files back into Audacity and check that they are split in the correct places.
It's difficult to tell what's going on from the behaviour of Windows Media Player because sometimes it just does weird things.

The "don't overlap" feature is not quite right.
If we want this feature I'll work on it.

Following the feedback from Gale, Peter and Bill, I've made a few tweaks to Advanced Sound Finder: Corrected typo "Label position". Disabled "Begin numbering from" option. Now always numbers from 1 if numbering is selected. (may be re-enabled by removing one semicolon from the st...

Not to a Sound Activated Recording, they can't! True, but I'm going with waxcylinder's suggestion of using timer record. As long as the total recording period is less than about 12 hours and they have plenty of free disk space then they can just leave it running on timer record. If they need to rec...

Variation progressive de la hauteur... http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Effect_Menu/fr#slide

Try the default settings as a starting point. A good "Noise Profile" is an important step. If after noise removal it sounds metallic or bubbly, reduce the "Noise Reduction (dB)" setting. Don't expect to remove all of the noise. The idea is to try and remove some of the noise with...

Thanks irv, I've added that to the bug report.