Tested a version quickly now - and this is on an older windowsXP laptop, so didn't bother setting screen reader specific volume as such, but, just already had microphone and line-in volumes set to roundabout 60%, and set master volume to 40%, and then recorded using audacity, and definitely quite a bit better than when recording with things like master volume set to 100%, and one of the primary improvements I noticed when then having amplified it afterwards was that the tone was overall much better, since otherwise I would get too much of a sort of bass reverb effect coming through, so, thanks..<smile> And, also tested this via both microphone and line-in testing, and think line-in actually came out slightly better sounding, but, will see, and might also depend on microphone since it's pretty much just a somewhat directional voice microphone had plugged in, so suppose stereo would render - sort of in terms of clarity, etc., but, not necessarily. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: Dang Manh Cuong To: Audacity For Blind Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 6:06 PM Subject: [audacity4blind] recording tip ---------- Hi all Afiew months ago, I shared my tip to record microphone and screen reader together, and adjust it volume to make the quality more better. But now I realize that may be I miss something. My tips are: adjust the mic volume to about 20%, and adjust screen reader volume to about 40%. However, If we do that, the system volume still loud, and listener might be disturbed if there are any system sound such as beep during the demonstration. So if you prepair to do a podcast, you could try adjusting your system volume to about 40%, not just adjust your screen reader. The recorded audio would be very soft, but you could normalize and apply compressor using Audacity. The result might be better. Let's try and give featback here. Thanks for reading ________________ Dang Manh Cuong HCMC University of Pedagogy: The Educational Psychology Mobile: +84 902-572-300 E-mail: dangmanhcuong@xxxxxxxxx Yahoo! ID: manhcuong0312 Skype name: dangmanhcuong facebook: http://facebook.com/dangmanhcuong Blog: http://vi.netlog.com/Cuong_littlecat Website: http://ngoisaodanduong.com http://www.saomaicenter.org Projec-Website: http://dangmanhcuong.googlecode.com