NOTE: If you are doing this on another CD after you have done this before on the same computer, you will only need to do Steps 1, 2, and 3.

Step1:  Open Windows Media Player.  You might need to click on the little double arrow on the upper left to get the entire screen.  That screen includes the File, Edit, etc items.  After you are in a similar screen, click on now playing and insert your audio CD.

Figure1.

Step2:  Click on Copy from CD.  Your display should show the tracks, and you may proceed to the next step.  If it does not show the tracks, click on the pull down tab in the upper right hand corner (Example in lower right of Figure 2.)

Figure 2.

Step3:  Click on Copy Music.

Figure 3.

Step4:  A window will pop up asking some questions about copy protection.  Click on the Do not add copy protection to your music option and check the checkbox that states you understand the copyright laws.

Figure 4.

Step5:  Select to "Keep my current format settings" in the second screen, then press finish.

Figure 5.

Step6:  It will now begin the audio extraction process, which depending on the length of your CD and number of tracks can be quick or slow.  This also depends on the speed of your computer and CD or DVDrom drive.  Green bars will go across the tracks showing the extraction process for each one.  To find these files on your drive, go to your My Documents folder, inside there find your My Music folder and open it.  Inside the My Music folder will be an Unknown Artist folder.  Inside that folder is an Unknown Album folder with the date and time stamped on it, inside are your tracks, labeled Track 1, Track 2, and so on.  You may now use StartStop Universal Transcription System to listen and transcribe these files.  They are in .wma format, which is Windows Media Audio.

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