Add Audio to Documents

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Rena Alice Croft said: I would like to add audio to documents. Often I submit letters written in cursive handwriting .I would like to be able to also add audio version.Fewer & fewer people have the ability to read cursive & even less will take the time to read old letters.

I see another request for the ability to "Attach transcript to audion files" Much the same idea!!!! thanks for your time! Rena
I think letters would be enjoyed by many more people if this were possible.

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Tom Huber said: In my opinion, you would be better off to transcribe the letters into text and then combine the image with the transcription and upload that to a memory. I did that with a (hand) written work from the 1930s.

Although letters will read better than the work I transcribed, the idea is the same as adding audio.

Keep in mind that combining audio with an image (or vice versa) is like producing a video. It is not as easy as it sounds. Give it a try and you'll see what I mean.

Now, not to discourage you, but it may be possible that at some future date, FamilySearch will allow an image to be attached to a video file, the same way an image can be attached to a story.

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Tom Huber said: By the way, a video cannot be uploaded to a memory. The problem is not the technology, but the scanning process cannot be automated.

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Jessie Hearle said: Audio can be added to a document if uploaded to memories as an image file, rather than a PDF
The contributor is the only person who will see the option to add audio.

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Tom Huber said: My thanks to Jessie who noted the ability to record up to five minutes of audio for any memory by the original contributor.