The NCH WavePad program works very well. Not free but not too expensive.

Richard Hurtig, Ph.D
ASHA Fellow
Professor Emeritus
Director of the Assistive Devices Laboratory
Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
The University of Iowa

Chief Scientific Officer
Voxello
www.voxello.com
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> On Jan 18, 2019, at 1:09 PM, Amy Roman <xxxxxx@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> Hi Listserv,
> I am working with a fellow who made recordings of his life story immediately after being diagnosed with ALS.  He recorded them on his iphone using voice memo.  By the time I met him his speech had declined quite a bit so I want to try to convert these recordings to wav files to use them for message and voice banking.
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> My first question is, what are peoples favorite software for converting MPAs to Wav files.  I am currently using Audacity. My second question is do people have any suggestions for ways to chop a 15 minute sound file down into smaller recordings.  This is going to be time consuming.  Acapela wants clips that are only about 5 seconds long for creating a synthesized voice.  Thanks!
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> Sincerely,
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> Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
> Augmentative Communication Specialist
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