Hi Richard,
Thanks for the suggestion.  Are you recommending it because it has a feature like some kind of auto slicing that will cut a file up where there are pauses?  I am hoping to find an at least partially  automated way to do this.  He has many 15 minute recordings.

Sincerely,

Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
Augmentative Communication Specialist

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On Fri, 1/18/19, Hurtig, Richard R <xxxxxx@uiowa.edu> wrote:

 Subject: Re: Looking for easiest way to chop 15 min wav file to smaller pieces
 To: "xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com>
 Date: Friday, January 18, 2019, 10:15 AM

 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
 Sent  from my
 iPad

 > On Jan 18, 2019, at
 1:09 PM, Amy Roman <xxxxxx@sbcglobal.net>
 wrote:
 >
 > 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. 
 >
 > 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!
 >
 >
 > Sincerely,
 >
 > Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
 > Augmentative Communication Specialist
 >
 >
 >
 > AmyandpALS.Com
 >
 >
 Pinterest.com/AmyandpALS
 >
 > Twitter.com/AmyandpALS
 >
 >
 > Forbes Norris ALS Research and Treatment
 Center
 > 2324 Sacramento Street
 > San Francisco, CA 94115
 > Cell (415)518-0592
 >
 Fax (415)600-3778