Hi Patricia, One of these happened just today: Adobe Premiere Pro software used to enable wav file to text translation. But they took it out. It is still possible to convert a wav to text in Premiere Pro using version 7.2 or less, but 7.2 or less requires an OS that will run 7.2, not 11. I run 11 on an updated Mac OS, thus, I cannot install the version, thus I cannot use the feature, thus I can no longer easily get a quick snapshot transcription, unless I "downgrade" my machine, which isn't possible due to OS issues with other software. The capability is available in an archived version, but circumstances requiring upgrades have made this not useful. Hope this helps, Sally Sally Applin, Ph.D. Samsung Research America Intelligence Innovation Lab (Contract until 13 Oct. 2017) .......... University of Kent, Canterbury, UK School of Anthropology and Conservation Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing .......... Associate Editor, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine Member, IoT Council Board Member: The Edward H. and Rosamond B. Spicer Foundation .......... [1]http://www.sally.com [2]http://www.posr.org .......... Seeking a full-time position in company, start-up, research group, or university. My research examines human communication and co-adaptation to algorithms and automated processes. Find me at [3]sally@sally.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Air-L] got a story about frustrations of research using old or archived software? From: Patricia Aufderheide <[4]pat.aufderheide@gmail.com> Date: Fri, September 29, 2017 3:12 pm To: "[5]air-l@listserv.aoir.org" <[6]air-l@listserv.aoir.org> I'm working with some great legal scholars on an analysis of problems in software preservation, and are finding great archivists, but they often can't tell us much about what researchers would like to do with software that's been archived if they could. We've heard from the archivists that generally researchers want to access content by using obsolete software, and we understand that sometimes you might be interested in studying versions or iterations of the content that might be stored on archived software (e.;g. a WordPerfect file on an author's laptop) but we're also thinking that people might want to have access to archived software for other kinds of research as well. We hypothesize that people might want to study the history of software, or to analyze activity on a gaming platform, or....gosh, we don't know. Have you had a project be frustrated because you couldn't go to a library or archive (virtually or physically) and get access to archived software? If so we'd love to hear about it in any way you'd like to tell us. Feel free to share the request. -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact American University 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact [7]cmsimpact.org [8]paufder@american.edu 202-885-2069 office <202-643-5356> 240-643-4805 mobile <202-643-5356> "The world we have received also belongs to those who follow us." --Pope Francis _______________________________________________ The [9]Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers [10]http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: [11]http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: [12]http://www.aoir.org References 1. http://www.sally.com/ 2. http://www.posr.org/ 3. mailto:sally@sally.com 4. mailto:pat.aufderheide@gmail.com 5. mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org 6. mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org 7. http://cmsimpact.org/ 8. mailto:paufder@american.edu 9. mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org 10. http://aoir.org/ 11. http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org 12. http://www.aoir.org/