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TrogL

(32,825 posts) Sun Aug 25, 2019, 12:00 PM Aug 2019

File format for writing journal with embedded MP3s

I have a series of recordings in MP3.

I want to create an emailable document that includes the MP3s but prefaces them with explanatory text.

Eg.

He calls me an idiot

(Idiot.mp3)

He sends me to wrong address

(Wrongadd.MP3)

...and so on.

Must work on Windows 10 and iPhone

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File format for writing journal with embedded MP3s (Original Post) TrogL Aug 2019 OP

Might look into using Youtube ... there's free developer tools and you can upload stuff for free ... mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #1

There's no video involved TrogL Aug 2019 #2

You can make your text messages little videos ... and there's privacy settings ... mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #3

The people I am sending this to are Luddites TrogL Aug 2019 #4

Ah ... well, pretty sure there's a way to do this in MS Word, esp. if you have a relatively recent mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #5

If your email is HTML formatted, ManiacJoe Aug 2019 #6

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. Might look into using Youtube ... there's free developer tools and you can upload stuff for free ...

Reply to TrogL (Original post)

Sun Aug 25, 2019, 12:05 PM

Aug 2019

Then you're just emailing a link, don't have to worry about emailing some huge document-thingie ...

TrogL

(32,825 posts)

2. There's no video involved

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 25, 2019, 12:10 PM

Aug 2019

And there’s no way I’m putting this out in the cloud.

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

3. You can make your text messages little videos ... and there's privacy settings ...

Reply to TrogL (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 25, 2019, 12:12 PM

Aug 2019

You can have it be only viewable by you, and also only available to those who you send the link to (and it's a complex URL).

Also you could superimpose messages on the mp3 directly. Lots of youtube music vids are basically mp3s with superimposed messages over a background picture.

Just throwing it out there.

TrogL

(32,825 posts)

4. The people I am sending this to are Luddites

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 25, 2019, 12:15 PM

Aug 2019

They will NOT watch a video

They will go ballistic if they think this is “out there on the Internet”.

I will likely have to play this on my iPhone with no network

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

5. Ah ... well, pretty sure there's a way to do this in MS Word, esp. if you have a relatively recent

Reply to TrogL (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 25, 2019, 12:20 PM

Aug 2019

version on your PC (as opposed to the 365 online version ... may still be possible there, but I'm less sure).

Then you'd some kind of 'Word Viewer for Iphone' app on the iPhone.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

6. If your email is HTML formatted,

Reply to TrogL (Original post)

Sun Aug 25, 2019, 02:43 PM

Aug 2019

The mp3 attachments should stay properly mixed with the text in the body of the email message.

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