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I don't know why it popped into my head but I remembered that I had recorded an interview I did of my husband's grandmother many years ago so I could put together a booklet for her to give out as Christmas gifts. That was my gift to her. They booklets turned out to be a hit and in every one of them she wrote "To my favorite grandchild." :rofl3:
I remembered that my mother-in-law helped me do the interview questions and both my mother-in-law and the grandmother have passed. I have no idea why this all popped into my head but it became like an obsession for me to find that cassette tape and make a copy of it so that my husband's family could hear their voices again.
Yesterday I put batteries in my husband's boombox (we don't have the cord) and set up my mic next to the speaker and recorded a snippet as a test. It worked. I was able to use that audio clip to import it into a video with a photo I chose and then uploaded it to YouTube. I gave the private link to my sisters-in-law, niece, nephew, daughter and husband. The first one to listen wrote that she was crying because she had missed the sound of her mother's voice...the one with the strong character instead of the one affected by dementia. Her sister was at work so couldn't listen at the time but she was nearly in tears from the thought of hearing her family's voices again.
Today I'm going to work on getting Side A put up on YouTube. The boombox broke after it finished recording side A so now I have to buy a new cassette player to finish this up!! It's frustrating but it will be worth the expense to make the family happy. There are so many who would love to hear the interview even if my dog is whining in the background!
So if you ever feel the need to do something...go ahead and do it. Sometime might appreciate your efforts :hearts:
I remembered that my mother-in-law helped me do the interview questions and both my mother-in-law and the grandmother have passed. I have no idea why this all popped into my head but it became like an obsession for me to find that cassette tape and make a copy of it so that my husband's family could hear their voices again.
Yesterday I put batteries in my husband's boombox (we don't have the cord) and set up my mic next to the speaker and recorded a snippet as a test. It worked. I was able to use that audio clip to import it into a video with a photo I chose and then uploaded it to YouTube. I gave the private link to my sisters-in-law, niece, nephew, daughter and husband. The first one to listen wrote that she was crying because she had missed the sound of her mother's voice...the one with the strong character instead of the one affected by dementia. Her sister was at work so couldn't listen at the time but she was nearly in tears from the thought of hearing her family's voices again.
Today I'm going to work on getting Side A put up on YouTube. The boombox broke after it finished recording side A so now I have to buy a new cassette player to finish this up!! It's frustrating but it will be worth the expense to make the family happy. There are so many who would love to hear the interview even if my dog is whining in the background!
So if you ever feel the need to do something...go ahead and do it. Sometime might appreciate your efforts :hearts:
